Top 5 English stars who moved to LaLiga

#4 Michael Owen

Michael Owen's time at Real Madrid was fleeting but relatively successful

One of the greatest English strikers of all time, Michael Owen was already a worldwide superstar – winning the Ballon d’Or in 2001 – when he moved from Liverpool to Real Madrid as their latest Galactico in the summer of 2004 for a baffling fee of just £8m.

Unfortunately, largely due to the huge amount of attacking talent at the Bernabeu during that era, Owen struggled to impose himself at the club and was sold to Newcastle just one year later.

That’s not to say that the England forward was a total flop, however. Despite starting just 20 league games in his season at Madrid, Owen still managed to score a total of 13 goals, making him Real’s second-most productive striker behind the legendary Brazilian Ronaldo, and giving him an impressive strike rate of a goal every 144 minutes.

During his time there he scored winning goals against Dynamo Kiev and Valencia, as well as a goal in a 4-2 El Clasico win over Barcelona.

Interestingly though, he failed to add to his substantial trophy haul at the Bernabeu; the side finished second to Barcelona in La Liga and were eliminated in the Champions League’s Round of 16.

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