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Injury-hit Austin has powers of recovery

Chris Dunlavy

a fresh take on football

SPEAKING after his retirement in 2013, Michael Owen described the cloud of regret that overshadowed his injury-plagued career.
“The emotion that lives with me is a sense of ‘what might have been’ had injuries not robbed me of my speed,” said the former England striker, who never fully recovered from a serious hamstring tear at the age of 19.
“I have no doubt that had I not suffered those pace-depriving injuries, I would be sat here now with a sack full of awards and a long list of records.”
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