LONDON -- Last summer Liverpool sold Michael Owen to Real Madrid for £8 million, the England striker becoming the third choice behind Raul and Ronaldo at Bernabeu Stadium.
On Thursday, Liverpool paid Real £6.3 million for Fernando Morientes who had dropped to fourth in the Real pecking order following the arrival of Owen.
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