Michael Owen slams ‘mindless and pathetic’ Jack Grealish treatment in epic rant
Michael Owen says Aston Villa fans booing Jack Grealish made his ‘blood boil’. And left him ‘feeling sick to the bottom of my stomach.’
Grealish played the full game for Manchester City as they were beaten 2-1 at Villa Park on Saturday.
The former Aston Villa player was loudly booe by some of the home fans, having left the. Villains for City in 2021 in a £100m deal.
Owen passionately feels Grealish deserves the ยูฟ่าเบท respect of the. Villa fans and was furious that some of them booed their once star player.
The former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker sent a lengthy message on social media as he made his feelings very clear.
‘I often hear or see things in football that makes my blood boil,’ Owen wrote. ‘Most people will probably feel the same at some point or other. I guess that’s quite natural when you care passionately about something, or in my case, when it’s something that has consumed your entire life.
‘The current capitulation of reigning champions Manchester City is enough of a story to fill back pages and jam radio stations up and down the country. But there was another story at Villa Park yesterday that genuinely left me feeling sick to the bottom of my stomach.
Of course, tarring a set of people with the same brush is not something I’m into. I’ve lived a life whereby myself and my teammates have been stereotyped and it’s pretty annoying. There will always be kind, honest, generous, respectful, caring people in all walks of life just as there will always be nasty, jealous, spiteful, bitter people too. Your job or where you’re from doesn’t necessarily make you fall into a certain category.
‘But to those Villa fans who booed Jack Grealish yesterday, you fall into the second category and should hang your heads in shame.
‘Here is a lad that came through YOUR academy. Supported The Villa all his life and no doubt still does. He single-handedly dragged YOUR team back into the Premier League when you were bang average at best. kept you up and in hindsight, showed you ten times more loyalty than you are now showing him. was hardly ever injured and delivered Man Of The Match performances on a regular basis. cost you nothing, gave you incredible service and made YOUR club over £100m when he left.
‘I don’t know Jack; I’ve interviewed him a couple of times and that’s as far as it goes. I also don’t generally stick up for footballers purely because I was one myself. But Jack’s story is as near to perfect as it gets.