'Parasite' Wants England Recall

Last updated : 25 September 2011 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Michael Owen: "I was in every squad for over a decade and all of a sudden it stopped one day.

"I would never turn my back on it, but obviously there's a scar there that still hurts a bit.

"But I don't get upset now when I'm not in the squad, like I used to.

"If I got a call-up I'd be there within five minutes.

"Fabio Capello picked his first squad and I was on the bench.

"I thought: 'This might be a sign that he doesn't fancy me.'

"The next time I wasn't in the squad, and that's just been that."