5 English players who have constantly been injured for their clubs but were fit for International tournaments

3) Michael Owen

Owen never equalled his brilliance at Liverpool throughout his career

Owen's tryst with injuries started while he was at Newcastle United after spending a brief period of time in Spain, and they were a catalyst in the process of the slow destruction of his career. He underwent surgery in 2005 and suffered complications while in recovery which ruled him out of active play till April the following year.

Owen became the youngest ever goal scorer in a World Cup after an equaliser against Romania and caught the eye of then English manager Glenn Hoddle who included him in the following game vs Colombia.

From then on he regularly started for England in the UEFA Euro 2000 and in the 2002 World Cup. He scored five goals for England each in the 2004 Euro Qualifiers and the 2006 World Cup.

His England career ended after they failed to qualify for Euro 2008. Newcastle, however, did not get the chance to reap the abundant talent that was Michael Owen too much.

In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he sustained a knee injury in the first minute of the game against Hungary and was instrumental in sparking up the old, drawn out English debate regarding Club and Country that led to a monetary compensation by FIFA to the FA.