Michael Owen names former Liverpool teammate as the most underrated player of all time

When the name Michael Owen is mentioned to a Liverpool fan, it usually goes one of two ways.

The first being that fans don’t care about him anymore, as he chose to make a move to Manchester United towards the latter end of his career.

The second is that some fans have managed to look past Owen’s betrayal at the end of his career and have remembered all that he did for the Anfield outfit and how good he actually was.

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Whichever way you lean, there’s no denying that the striker was an impressive talent and, if he managed to stay injury-free, who knows what more he could’ve achieved.

Michael Owen names Sami Hyypia as the most underrated player ever

Throughout his career, Owen played with some of football’s best-ever players, such as Steven Gerrard and Zinedine Zidane.

And, even though in his prime he was consistently involved with some of the best players in the world, there were times when things didn’t quite go to plan.

In fact, there were even times at Liverpool where things just weren’t going their way, but this didn’t stop the Englishman from naming one of his former teammates as the most underrated footballer ever.

While speaking to Canal Plus Poland, Owen was asked who the most underrated player of all time was, to which he replied: “That I played with, Sami Hyypia.”

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Sami Hyypia was massively underrated

Sami Hyypia was one of Liverpool’s best-ever centre-backs as he managed to stay in and around the first team for 10 years.

The Finland international joined from Willem II back in May 1999, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Altogether, the centre-back made 464 appearances for the Anfield outfit, during which he managed to win 10 major trophies, including two FA Cups, one Champions League and two League Cups.

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The partnership that Hyypia formed with Jamie Carragher was deemed legendary more than once, and, to put the cherry on the cake, he even scored 35 goals, mostly from set-pieces.

Although he will forever be a hero in the eyes of the Liverpool fans, when looking back at that era, most people don’t hold him in the same regard as some of his peers, which, to be quite frank, seems rather harsh.

Especially with how highly all his former teammates speak of him.

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