Michael Owen has asserted that the English Premier League “takes very seriously the responsibility” of selling the sport(by way of REUTERS)
The Premier League is enormously in style on this a part of the world however the rising variety of collaborations through the years between entities in India and European golf equipment have given rise to a sense that the nation is getting used as a spot to make a fast buck.
But, in line with Owen, there may be extra to EPL’s world outreach in India than simply branding workout routines for the league.
“Obviously, in places like India, with a huge population, with a huge passion for football and with a huge passion for the Premier League, it’s important that we do these exercises and reach out, come and see our fans, and the passion of the Indian fans,” Owen stated throughout an interplay with PTI on Wednesday.
“So, I think there’s lots that we do. I think there’s lots that can be done. I think the Premier League takes that responsibility very seriously, and I think, do a great job.”
The EPL has arrange its workplace in Mumbai, its first ever in India, to assist fan engagement and progress of the league and its golf equipment within the nation.
Owen is within the nation for the Premier League India engagement week.
“Obviously, the Premier League has a huge role to play. It is probably the biggest league in the world, the best league in the world. It’s got the most eyeballs in the world,” he stated.
“I think having those idols and people that, you know, young children can look up to is important. I think it’s great that the Premier League has had players from all over the world playing in it. Over 120 countries have been represented in the Premier League.”
The 45-year-old former Liverpool and England star added, “So, I feel folks can see it, they’ll really feel it, they’ll contact it. Their idols are taking part in in it. And, in fact, extra so than that, then the Premier League, like what we’re doing this week, can ship over coaches to teach native coaches, and to then go and unfold their information to the grassroots stage.
“We can, you know, bring ex-players out. We can bring the trophy out. We can make it feel and people see, you know, what the Premier League is all about. So, of course, we can’t lift the Premier League and bring it to different countries, but we do as much as we can to touch a lot of different countries.”
Like life, soccer has additionally developed
Known for his unimaginable velocity, opportunism, and goal-scoring instincts, Owen has noticed that the sport is now extra about athleticism than abilities. So, does that imply somebody like Erling Haaland has an edge over a Kevin De Bruyne in top-flight soccer at present?
“Well, life evolves, the whole lot evolves.
“Football evolves, obviously, slightly different to maybe when I played and even more of a difference to maybe 50 years ago and 100 years ago,” Owen stated.
“We know that know-how performs an enormous half in everyone’s life in the mean time and that is no totally different in soccer. So knowledge and issues like that’s used.
“So I feel soccer is not any totally different to many walks of life for that matter. And yeah, athleticism is a vital a part of soccer these days, most likely extra necessary than it is ever been, utilised extra now.
“And I would say, yeah, the typical player now, the stereotypical player now would be more athletic and maybe less mavericks, I would say, than in past generations,” he added.
Backs Liverpool or Arsenal to win this season
It’s early days within the league however Owen is backing his former membership and defending champions Liverpool or Arsenal to win the title this season.
“Liverpool, Arsenal. Yeah, that was my order at the start of the season. I’m a bit nervous. It might be the other way around because Arsenal look very strong at the moment. But, yeah, a long way to go. But I do think that they’re the standout teams this season. They’ve got the best chance of winning it,” he stated.
“And, yeah, if Liverpool play in addition to they did final season, then clearly I feel they’ll win it. But there’s a couple of little issues in the mean time. So possibly Arsenal are going to capitalise. I do not know.
“But I think they’re the two teams that I would be looking at as potential champions.”
Football’s my life, my workplace
Reminded about his meteoric rise to fame so early in his profession, and requested in regards to the stress of expectations, and his recommendation to the youthful technology of gamers, Owen he by no means felt stress as he had mastered his craft.
“The trustworthy reply is that I do not assume folks do really feel the stress. I really feel the stress once I step onto a cricket floor or a golf course or issues like that once I know I’m not so good at one thing.
“But I think that’s (football) my life, you know. I didn’t just turn up as an 18-year-old. I mean, I’d done 18 years of hard work. I had mastered my craft. I had learned virtually everything there was to learn about my job. Just like a doctor can, just like, you know, a scientist can, just like anybody can, you know, I was ready.”
“And as I say, you can put one billion people watching me play football. I won’t get nervous. That’s just, that’s what I do,” he stated.
“My office is the football club, football pitch. And nerves don’t, and pressure doesn’t really come into it. We actually train every single day of the week to enjoy the big games in front of the big crowds, to score a big goal and have that excitement. It makes us happy. It doesn’t make us petrified.”
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