Sometimes a person has to sit back and wonder if Michael Owen‘s brilliant football talent came at the expense of his own self-awareness. The Liverpool legend once again showed his startling lack of common sense in his immediate reaction to the passing of the Johan Cruyff by using the world football legend’s death as click-bait. Yes, click-bait.
Shortly after Cruyff passed away on Thursday morning, Owen took to Twitter to mention the iconic footballer – only he didn’t express his condolences outright, instead he teased his thoughts on the matter and added a link to Sportlobster where he shared his actual thoughts on what had happened.
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