Fowler is Back!

Oh my god, this must one of the most sensational transfer ever. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the news a few days back. Robbie Fowler, the prolific striker so affectionately called GOD during his Anfield days, is back at the Merseyside Club. The gafer, Rafael Bentitez, has signed him on a 6 months contract for free from Manchester City. N oh my, his return has created such a big stir in Liverpool. He was being adored by the great Liverpool fans during his time at Anfield, scoring 171 goals in 330 matches. He ruled the scoring department of Liverpool during the 90s, until Michael Owen came along in 1998. Owen & Fowler, such a deadly partnership when both were fit. But sadly, that was rarely the case as Fowler has had bad problems with his ankle n Owen with his hamstring.

When i started watching English Premier League back in 1996, Fowler n Collymore caught my eyes, not forgetting the speedy Steve McManaman n sauve Jamie Redknapp. This whole group in the Liverpool team were being called the Spice Boys. Haha, that was due to their rise in popularity coninciding with the Spice Girls. They played exhilerating football, an all out attack managed by then Roy Evans. How cool it was. That was how i started supporting Liverpool, unaware of them being the most succesful English club in history.

I adore Fowler, his sweet left foot, his record hat-trick in the EPL timing of 4min 33sec, his cocaine sniffing celebration against Everton n his ever so natural finishing in front of goal. He can be said is the 1st footballer i idolise. So, imagine how i felt when he left Liverpool back in 2001 after helping the club to a cup treble in 2000. Heart-broken is an underrated way to describe how i felt. Watching him scoring for another club made it worse, for he belongs to the red shirt.

Now that he is back, i am more than happy to see him put on the famous red shirt again. This feeling is so weird, seeing one of Liverpool old son coming back home. Yes, he may be older at 30 now, but his passion for the club is still burning furiously. Just look at the transfer process, it only took 24hrs, the fastest in the EPL i had ever seen. He was so eager to come back, he would probably had played for free juz to listen to The Kop chanted his name again.

How sensational this can be. Check out this video. I almost teared looking back at the memories. I will never forget great players, n one of them is The God, Robbie Fowler.