Michael Owen torn a new one for claiming Leicester could get relegated next season

Michael Owen isn't exactly gulping down the Leicester Kool-Aid.

With Leicester favourites to win the league, near-certainties for Champions League football and boasting the top scorer in the Premier League, they've quickly become everyone's second team. Many had tipped the Foxes for a relegation battle this season after their struggles under Nigel Pearson in the 2014/15 campaign which saw them finish in 14th place, only six points above the relegation zone. And in spite of all the heroics of Claudio Ranieri at the KP Stadium, Michael Owen believes that Leicester could be in for a relegation battle next season.

"@LCFC could go down next year!" @themichaelowen says players would choose to sign for @ManUtd or @LFC over #LCFC. https://t.co/fRUr3CRtxW

— Fletch And Sav (@FletchAndSav) February 13, 2016

To be fair to Owen, who gets far too much flak for his punditry, he does make a good point about the unpredictable and fickle nature of the Premier League. But that didn't save him from getting torn apart for saying a bad word about the ever-popular Foxes.

@FletchAndSav @themichaelowen You're so wrong! If they stay up there and qualify for the CL they'll attract top players with TV and CL money — Nuno Vilela (@nunopvilela) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @btsportfootball @joshketto Michael Owens chatting shit

— Kieran McGowan (@McGowan_99) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav insanity of @themichaelowen .. why do @btsportfootball employ this guy? good at football .. bit useless as commentator etc — Kate (@KateXXY_2112) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @LCFC @themichaelowen @ManUtd @LFC Dear oh dear, atrocious punditry.

— Alex Baraclough (@ABaraclough) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @LCFC @themichaelowen @ManUtd @LFC Why do you keep inflicting Owen on the public. The man's a joke. — David Thomson (@th83556669) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @LCFC @themichaelowen @ManUtd @LFC go home Owen. Your drunk

— Lee Crawford (@bigman_fox) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @LCFC @themichaelowen @ManUtd @LFC probably the main reason no1 can take him serious #chatsshitgetsbanged — Dean Blakey-Tew (@Deanobt) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav Owen is the biggest tosser on television. Fact.

— darren hunt (@bigcheese1978) February 13, 2016

@FletchAndSav @RobbieSavage8 @LCFC @themichaelowen @ManUtd @LFC #themichaelowen should stick to predicting the horses, #lcfc — andrew ray (@andrewray10) February 13, 2016

@DietmarHamann Michael Owen thinks Leicester could be relegated next season, give him a slap please #thanks #lcfc

— Nick Mathieson (@Mathieson83) February 13, 2016