Michael Owen joked he would marry Wayne Rooney, but that the marriage would end in divorce because of "too much alcohol."
The 46 year old football legend appeared on Jamie Laing's Great Company podcast, where he was asked to choose between Rooney, 40, Gary Lineker, 65, and Alan Shearer, 56, in a game that asked him who he would sleep with, marry or avoid.
Owen explained he would rule out sleeping with Rooney because he is "a bit too hairy." Instead he picked him as the one he would marry.
"I'll marry Waza. I certainly won't want to s**g him. Bit too hairy for me. He's so funny. He is such a good laugh," Owen said. "I don't think it would go too well. I think we would break up. A bit too much alcohol I think."
Rooney has previously been open about his struggles with alcohol over the years.
Owen's picks for Lineker and Shearer
Owen went on to confirm he would sleep with Lineker and avoid Shearer.
"Three good strikers though. It's not a nice question, is it? I'm not bothered about the avoid anything. I'm just picturing the s******g bit," he said.
Three legendary strikers
All three men have had storied football careers. Owen scored 150 Premier League goals and 40 for England, playing for Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Rooney is Manchester United's all-time leading goalscorer with 253 goals. Shearer is widely celebrated as the all-time top scorer in Premier League history with 260 goals, and has worked as a sports pundit since retiring from playing in 2006.
Lineker, a former Leicester City player, never received a single yellow or red card across a 16-year playing career. Since retiring he has presented Match Of The Day for 26 years.
Owen on never saying 'I love you' to his children
Elsewhere in the interview, Owen confessed he has never told his children he loves them, offering insight into his struggles with sharing his emotions.
Owen has shared a glimpse into his life as a father of four in his new fly-on-the-wall docuseries, Meet The Owens, which follows a year in the life of Michael, his wife Louise, and their children Gemma, James, Emily and Jessica as they juggle a horse racing business and a chaotic home life.
Owen said that while his four children are "the dearest things to him," he is not one to gush about them.
"I never ever tell my kids I love them. I don't say anything like that. I just assume my actions would show them that I love them. It's a bad thing. I think most of us are like that," he said.
Laing responded: "It's not a good thing. It's not healthy," prompting Owen to add: "But if you say it all the time, does it mean anything? Kissing your kid, sending them to school, no matter what they do you just keep saying well done, and if they do rubbish, [saying] 'Oh, you're trying awfully hard.' No, I like tough love."
"I'm not trying to condone it, because I would love to be a bit soft. I think it comes with age as well, you get better when you're old, you've got time to think a bit more and you realise the true meaning of things," he said. "I'm definitely getting softer, but still not soft enough to say something like that."
