The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 1st, 2003
Byline: GEORGE BEST
I have a lot of time for Michael Owen, but then I hear the Liverpool star complaining about playing 61 games in a season. It's pathetic - he's talking like a spoilt child.
Professional footballers these days don't have to work hard. They are looked after by armies of trainers and physiotherapists, and all their needs are catered for. Even their equipment is designed to make life easy.
It was totally different when I was playing football. Sixty-plus games was no big deal, and the pitches were often in a terrible state. We would play in four inches of mud, and just get o...
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