Steven Gerrard Joined Liverpool academy at the age 9, and made his first team appearance November 29, 1998. Since then he has become a legend, and integral part of Liverpool Football Club.
After 15 years and 684 appearances, Steven Gerrard, nicknamed Captain Fantastic, has become the face and image of the club. He became captain in 2003, succeeding Sami Hyypia, and has successfully led Liverpool to many victories since then. In 2005, Steven Gerrard captained Liverpool Football as they won the Champions League against all odds in Istanbul against AC Milan. The skipper has claimed that the 2005 Champions league final is one of his proudest moments as Liverpool Capptain. Football legends worldwide praise the Liverpool legend, and admire his talents of leading others on and off the pitch.
Football icon, Zinedine Zidane, has expressed his feelings about Steven Gerrard by saying ""He has great passing ability, can tackle and score goals, but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief. You can't learn that -- players like him are just born with that presence"", Zidane said of the Liverpool captain in 2009.
After almost 11 years as Liverpool captain, today Steven Gerrard is struggling to get a contract to stay at Liverpool. Because of that, rumors have begun discussing the fact that in January, when his contract expires, he will transfer to another club. Transfer rumors regarding Steven Gerrard include those about Intermilan and New York City Football Club, along with Lampard eventually.
Other rumors however, have stated that Liverpool by no means want to let Stevie go, and will soon offer him a contract. Though time is ticking, and the January transfer window is right around the corner, which makes supporters wonder, and panic about Captain Fantastic’s situation. Is this going to be another Frank Lampard situation? During the summer transfer window, during the world cup, Frank Lampard, Chelsea legend, was put up for sale, quite rudely, and transferred to Manchester City as a last resort. Chelsea was criticized heavily for their actions, especially by Liverpool supports, but is Liverpool about to do the same thing? Liverpool supporters argue that they are different from the “rent boys”, and therefore selling Gerrard in that way would be something anti-Liverpool like. Supporters certainly do not want Gerrard to end his career somewhere that is not Liverpool Football Club, however, as of now, it looks like that is what is going to occur. Brendan Rodgers has publically said that his plan is to keep Gerrard at Liverpool, but the question is why hasn’t he made it secure yet? It would be completely disrespectful to have Steven Gerrard end his career with Liverpool this way after dedicating most of his life to the club.
Steven Gerrard isn’t the only one without a new contract, Suso, Fabio Borini, and Glen Johnson, are still waiting for their contracts as offers are rushing in from other clubs. One can only assume that the club is waiting to give these players a new contract at the same time, but supporters can only hope. The January transfer window will be an interesting one for Liverpool.
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| Steven Gerrard [Image from Flickr by: Calcio Mercato] |
Football icon, Zinedine Zidane, has expressed his feelings about Steven Gerrard by saying ""He has great passing ability, can tackle and score goals, but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief. You can't learn that -- players like him are just born with that presence"", Zidane said of the Liverpool captain in 2009.
After almost 11 years as Liverpool captain, today Steven Gerrard is struggling to get a contract to stay at Liverpool. Because of that, rumors have begun discussing the fact that in January, when his contract expires, he will transfer to another club. Transfer rumors regarding Steven Gerrard include those about Intermilan and New York City Football Club, along with Lampard eventually.
Other rumors however, have stated that Liverpool by no means want to let Stevie go, and will soon offer him a contract. Though time is ticking, and the January transfer window is right around the corner, which makes supporters wonder, and panic about Captain Fantastic’s situation. Is this going to be another Frank Lampard situation? During the summer transfer window, during the world cup, Frank Lampard, Chelsea legend, was put up for sale, quite rudely, and transferred to Manchester City as a last resort. Chelsea was criticized heavily for their actions, especially by Liverpool supports, but is Liverpool about to do the same thing? Liverpool supporters argue that they are different from the “rent boys”, and therefore selling Gerrard in that way would be something anti-Liverpool like. Supporters certainly do not want Gerrard to end his career somewhere that is not Liverpool Football Club, however, as of now, it looks like that is what is going to occur. Brendan Rodgers has publically said that his plan is to keep Gerrard at Liverpool, but the question is why hasn’t he made it secure yet? It would be completely disrespectful to have Steven Gerrard end his career with Liverpool this way after dedicating most of his life to the club.
Steven Gerrard isn’t the only one without a new contract, Suso, Fabio Borini, and Glen Johnson, are still waiting for their contracts as offers are rushing in from other clubs. One can only assume that the club is waiting to give these players a new contract at the same time, but supporters can only hope. The January transfer window will be an interesting one for Liverpool.
Article contributed by: Lissette Becherano
Twitter: @Lizzy_becherano
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