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19th October 2017
08:52pm BST

However, at his best, Owen was a lethal goalscorer and he shared dressing rooms with some brilliant players.
For a team of the best footballers he played alongside, Owen selected Edwin van der Sar in goal and a back three of Sami Hyypia, Rio Ferdinand and Jamie Carragher. Roberto Carlos and David Beckham are wing-backs, with Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard and Zinedine Zidane in central midfield. Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo are up-front. Nemanja Vidic, Luis Figo, Paul Gascoigne and John Barnes make the bench.
The team of his best opponents is Peter Schmeichel behind a defence of Cafu, Marcel Desailly, Jaap Stam and Paolo Maldini. Cristiano Ronaldo, Patrick Vieira, Frank Lampard and Ryan Giggs are in midfield, with Lionel Messi and Thierry Henry up front. On the bench, Owen opted for Roy Keane, Gianluigi Buffon, Raul, Rivaldo and Francesco Totti.
The BT Sport pundit showed off his selections on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/920611895366832128
And Owen's tweet caught the eye of a former Liverpool defender.
John Arne Riise wanted to know if he made the bench for Owen's selection of former teammates.
https://twitter.com/JARiiseOfficial/status/920617466702827520
He didn't, but Owen told the former Liverpool full-back that he was next in line after Roberto Carlos.
https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/920694469917396992
And Riise seemed happy to be just behind one of modern football's great full-backs in the pecking order for Owen's team.
https://twitter.com/JARiiseOfficial/status/920698998444494848
Owen probably didn't have the heart to tell Riise that Ashley Cole and Patrice Evra would definitely get into the team ahead of him, and rightly so, let Riise have his moment.Explore more on these topics: