Well to be honest with you in my opinion this is extraordinary business on Liverpool's side and for once shows they value their football future more than a crowd pleaser - which in turn shows (For the first time in ten years) that they have a genuine hunger for the Premiership.
Fowler was, and has been, a firm fans favourite for years now and maybe that has affected his football.
He has scored 171 goals in 330 games which may be impressive on the outside, but to be honest time has stood still for him for the last
3 years or so.
This represents good business and that they will not let their priorities slip away.
£11Million is a terrific deeal becuase I thought he was more around £8Million as he is rated like Dwight Yorke - though maybe O'Leary payed more for the youth factor
At 26 he could improve Leeds' young squad... though "God"?
For crying out loud no player that young who is so inconsistent can be claimed as "God" - here is my explanation of why they called him this:
With Manchester United cleaning up the silverware and Liverpool supporters getting increasingly frustrated of some fans boasting of their trophies and "King Cantona" they felt they needed something to hail. So along comes a young striker who makes a great start, and with the way things are going, they love him.
Actually that description COULD match Michael Owen's, before I am hounded let me just ask - Has Owen come in to the spotlight too early, like Fowler? And, like Fowler, could this expectation of the past decade get to him and land him in insecurity over the next few seasons? Can't see it happening but the same seems to have happenned to Heskey - it must be that Anfield expectation that weighs them down.
