Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers praised his captain Steven Gerrard who just announced this would be his final season with the club.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard confirmed the reports that he is currently playing his final season with the club. It is the end of an era for Liverpool
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Gerrard fell short of his quest to bring Liverpool a Premier League trophy, but he did lead them to a Champions League win. Despite that one glaring hole on his resume, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers thinks he is one of the greatest and heaped praise on his star player.
“It is almost an impossible task to find the words to appropriately sum up Steven Gerrard and his importance to Liverpool,” Rodgers said, via the club’s website.
“This is an era where the word ‘legend’ is vastly overused, but in his case it actually doesn’t do him justice.
“From a personal point of view I will always have gratitude for the support he gave me, when I arrived here as manager.
“Steven came to see me and promised he would be 100 per cent behind me and do everything he could to help as we looked to introduce new ideas and a new way of working.
“He wasn’t just true to his word, he vastly exceeded it.
“As a player he is immense and the influence he has on games should never be understated. At times he has carried this club on his back and in my time here he has always shown the ability that has rightly seen him be regarded as one of the world’s best for well over a decade.
“As a leader and as a man, he is probably incomparable to anyone I have ever worked with.
“He takes professionalism to a new level and the dedication he has to his work is an example to everyone in the game.
“He is also someone who has always put the club and team ahead of himself and I think that will ultimately be his legacy.
“People better placed than me to judge have said Steven is Liverpool’s greatest ever player; when you look at the company he is in, that is some statement.
“We of course will miss him, both on the field of play and in his capacity as club captain, but his influence will live on and we wish him nothing but joy and success wherever he chooses to go next.
“Until that moment arrives I will continue to enjoy working with Steven Gerrard the man and Steven Gerrard the player, one of the greatest we have seen.”
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