Who made it into Michael Owen’s all-time England XI?

Michael Owen has included Alan Shearer in his best England line-up despite the pairs public fall-out.Ex-Liverpool striker Owen has also chosen David Beckham, who he criticised in hisnew book Reboot My Life, My Time, for the midfielders dismissal during Englands World Cup clash with Argentina at the 1998 World Cup.Shearer has criticised Owen following comments he made about Newcastle in his book and the two former team-mates have since been involved in a war of words on social media.Yes Michael, we thought that also, whilst on 120k a week.. @nufc https://t.co/bzzEDdjdN1 pic.twitter.com/I4CdsQcKKr Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) September 3, 2019But when asked by BBC Sport to choose his best England XI since he made his debut in 1998, Owen has chosen both Shearer and Beckham.Owen has opted for Glenn Hoddle as manager because of his preference for a 3-5-2 formation. Who knows how far we would have gone, Owen said if subsequent managers had stuck with it.David Seaman, who Owen described as the best goalkeeper over the past couple of decades, gets the number one jersey, with Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and John Terry making up the back three.Ashley Cole and Beckham, ahead of Gary Neville, have been chosen as wing-backs in Owens line-up.Not sure you are as loyal to Newcastle as you make out mate. I distinctly remember you being inches away from signing for Liverpool after Sir Bobby Robson put you on the bench. You tried everything to get out. https://t.co/ZQBrlojeEv michael owen (@themichaelowen) September 3, 2019On Beckham, Owen said: All I said in the book is that he made a mistake and that harmed our chances it did.However, that doesnt mean hes not a great player and isnt going to get in my team.Owen dismissed the argument that midfielders Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard could never play well together in the same team, but said a player such as Paul Scholes was required to sit deep and compensate for their attacking instincts.(Gerrard) is genuinelyone of the best England players to have lived, Owen said. well said https://t.co/uiyQ36STPO michael owen (@themichaelowen) September 3, 2019Owen selected the brilliant Wayne Rooney up front alongside Shearer, who he claimed was a big influence on the former Real Madrid and Manchester United strikers decision to join Newcastle.When I was growing up I wouldve been looking at Alan thinking: What a player, Owen said.In recent years, you cant mention England centre-forwards in general without mentioning him.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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