10 Footballers Who Really Didn't Deserve Winners Medals

4. Michael Owen

Michael Owen was a fabulous footballer back at the turn of the century; his 2001 European Footballer of the Year triumph is testament to that. He was England's golden boy, Liverpool star man and looked set to break multiple international and domestic goalscoring records. Injuries hit the striker hard, however, and his career deteriorated hugely because of it. Although clearly a fading force, Ferguson snapped Owen up in the summer of 2009 as a squad player. Barring that famous late winner against Manchester City soon after joining, the former England international was an anonymous presence in the United squad, despite making 31 appearances in total during his first season. In 2010/11, United won yet another Premier League title, and Owen was used even more sparingly. The likes of Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernandez were much preferred to him in attack, and he scored just twice in the league. He made a total of 11 Premier League appearances though, which made him eligible for a winners medal. It was the first league title of his career, having never really come close to winning it at Liverpool, but it felt rather cheap. He had done very little towards it, if anything. Now retired, we have the joy of listening to his monotone views on BT Sport every weekend.