Michael Owen reveals he was in 'floods of tears' when Liverpool fans booed him - after Trent Alexander-Arnold copped the same treatment

Michael Owen has revealed helium was successful 'flood of tears' erstwhile Liverpool fans booed him erstwhile helium returned to Anfield aft leaving them - the aforesaid attraction Trent Alexander-Arnold got astatine the weekend.

The Reds defender received a hostile reception by ample numbers of supporters erstwhile helium was a second-half substitute during his side's 2-2 gully with Arsenal, being booed erstwhile helium came connected and astatine assorted different times successful the game.

He revealed past week that helium volition permission the nine aft 20 years successful the summer, with it apt helium volition articulation Real Madrid connected a free transfer with his declaration expiring successful a fewer weeks' time.

Owen excessively played for Liverpool, starring for the nine aft joining earlier helium was a teen and making good implicit 200 appearances earlier departing successful 2004.

He past near Anfield for Real Madrid aft winning the likes of the Ballon d'Or astatine Liverpool, but returned to the Premier League aft a twelvemonth erstwhile helium joined Newcastle and, erstwhile helium played against Liverpool for the Magpies, fans didn't instrumentality good to his instrumentality - which was archetypal successful 2005.

Speaking to Premier League productions, the erstwhile guardant has opened up connected his ain experience, admitting it hard hard to take.

'For his ain radical to boo him, it's a large lump successful your throat,' Owen said. 'I retrieve sitting successful the players' lounge aft playing against Liverpool for Newcastle. Parents, myself, each successful floods of tears due to the fact that I'd conscionable been booed by my ain people.

'And I conflict to comprehend it nowadays and I'm astir apt the closest idiosyncratic connected the satellite who knows what it feels similar to beryllium successful Trent's shoes. He'll beryllium mortified.

'Trent volition permission now, it's his 2nd to past game, possibly his past game, determination were radical that booed him and you can't get that retired of your head. Despite what's happened for the past 20 years of his beingness of axenic adulation.

'The 1 happening I retrieve present is I hide a batch but deliberation they booed maine astatine the extremity and it conscionable makes you consciousness perfectly sick for what you did for the club.'

Alexander-Arnold himself hasn't spoken retired connected the boos but did applaud the fans astatine full-time. He besides didn't respond erstwhile coming on.

Team-mates and chap defenders Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson did, however, springiness their views connected his impending exit, with van Dijk sending a wide connection that 'there is nary different spot to beryllium astatine this point'.

Robertson, meanwhile, said: There is simply a batch of emotion astir it and I deliberation it's important successful these moments that I don't archer you however to consciousness and you don't archer maine however to consciousness astir it. 

'I'm disappointed to suffer my champion mate successful the game. We've done it each together. He's an astonishing player, an astonishing person, and, yeah, he's made maine a amended subordinate and that's from the bottommost of my heart. He's took maine to levels I ne'er knew existed. He kept pushing maine done the bully years and he's made a choice. I deliberation his bequest astatine the nine is determination for everyone to see. The trophies he's won, the moments he's had successful past volition ever beryllium there.