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'I've got nothing to hide' - Michael Owen's bizarre radio rant at doping claim and Gary Neville declaration
06.03.2024 - 17:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former Manchester United and Liverpool striker Michael Owen has insisted he has 'nothing to hide' and rejected the premise that doping is widespread in football during a bizarre rant addressing Gary Neville.
Back in February, Neville told the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, that he had concerns Italian clubs were doping when he used to face them in the Champions League. He added: "My point is when you look back at what came out after in cycling and other sports with doctors, you do think. We thought it at the time.
"Physically we were fit, we weren’t drinkers [but] that’s not right, there is something not right. I came off the pitch and I thought that’s not right, that’s not right I’m sorry.
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"I know that a couple of the other lads in the mid-2000s thought exactly the same thing. That is the sort of thing for me where there are no excuses."
Almost a month later in an interview with BetIdeas, Former United forward Owen responded to Neville's claims, which he refutes. "I'm not denying Gary Neville, he might’ve thought somebody was running a bit further than he was at the time but I’ve never seen anything or heard anything in my time, and I think the testing is pretty damn robust, personally," he began.
"I never normally listen to the radio but I was driving somewhere the other day. I think I was picking my daughter up from athletics and for some reason, the radio was on and people were debating it.
"I think a journalist was saying that the only reason that more footballers have not been caught is because the testing is rubbish, this is probably why I don’t listen to the radio. I honestly almost smashed
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