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Steven Gerrard Set To Quit Liverpool
Topic Started: Jan 16 2010, 03:46 AM (136 Views)
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STEVEN GERRARD is ready to quit Liverpool in his desperate search for trophies.



The Kop captain is considering leaving this summer for a £30m move – with Real Madrid the likely destination – as the team struggles under Rafa Benitez.

Steven Gerrard is increasingly concerned at the direction his club is moving and is worried they are losing touch with major clubs at home and abroad. And the big fear is that staying at Liverpool for the rest of his career would damage his chances of clinching more silverware.

Gerrard is driven by a desire to win trophies in his career rather than chase big-money deals, and it is that ambition which has turned his head elsewhere.

The England star has ruled out joining any other Premier League club, and is eyeing a move to Madrid instead.

Failiure to qualify for the Champions League this season could be the deciding factor with an already cash-strapped club having to do without the £20m-plus netted by playing in Europe.

That would see Rafa Benitez – or whoever else is in charge at Anfield in the summer – struggle to find the cash to bring in the world-class players Liverpool desperately need.

Real would have no trouble fi nding the £30m it would take to tempt Liverpool into selling and have never hidden their admiration of the midfielder.

The Spanish giants believe his non-stop drive and determination, coupled with his undoubted quality on the ball, is just what the team needs to turn them into La Liga and Champions League winners.

AC Milan are also keeping tabs on the situation and could make their move if Liverpool fail to make it into the top four. And Liverpool might have no option but to sell their natural leader if Gerrard forces this issue after the World Cup.

A source close the player said: “Stevie turns 30 at the end of the season and knows time is running out for him if he wants to win more honours.

“And he also feels he is at the ove to Spain, and the chance to link up with the stars at Real is one that excites him.

“The big fear is that it will take at least a couple of years before Liverpool can build a team able to challenge for the title again, and that there may not even be enough money around for them to do that. “He loves the club, but he is frustrated at the way things have gone this year.

“But he doesn’t want to play for another side in the Premier League. If he did move, then he would prefer it to be abroad and a club like Real or Milan would be ideal.”

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Wow ok
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He's put up with winning nothing there for the last 10 years so I don't see why he'll decide to leave now, he must believe that they really can win the league.
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I bet City bid for Torres and Gerrard at the end of the season if Liverpool aren't in the CL.
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if he leaves, which i doubt, he'll go to Inter. that's if Mourinho is still the manager. he won't play for another English club.

Torres might though
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Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is ready to quit the club he joined as a nineyear- old two decades ago.
The England midfielder, who suffered a hamstring injury in the humiliating FA Cup defeat by Reading in midweek, looked a lonely and dejected figure as he sat in the stands at Stoke City yesterday and watched his team held to a 1-1 Premier League draw.

The result did little to help under-pressure manager Rafael Benitez as he battles to convince critics his team can salvage their season by gaining what is looking an unlikely Champions League place next season.

And it will not have helped Gerrard's mood as he wrestles with the dilemma of whether to stay with his home-town club and accept the frustration of yet another campaign without a major honour, or cash in on the final years of his career with a �40million move this summer.
He will have no lack of suitors, with Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan and Premier League big spenders Manchester City believed to be interested in a deal.
Gerrard's discontent at Anfield has been obvious in a season when Benitez has again failed to mount a meaningful campaign for the championship and has struggled even to convince fans that a Champions League place is within Liverpool's reach.


That failure has left the manager open to speculation about his own future, and Gerrard ready to leave the club where he is held in such reverence by the Kop.
Sources close to City manager Roberto Mancini claimed last night that the Italian believes he can tempt Gerrard from Anfield to Eastlands after the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
Gerrard, always aware of feelings on Merseyside, could regard a move to another English club as problematic, in which case he could be more receptive to Mourinho's efforts to tempt him to Inter, although the former Chelsea manager has been linked with the Liverpool job should Benitez pay for his team's shortcomings.Spanish giants Real Madrid have also been monitoring Gerrard closely.
Gerrard's impending departure almost mirrors the situation at Anfield six years ago when he was on the point of making a �20m switch to Chelsea. Then, after manager Gerard Houllier left following a trophy-less season, a disgruntled Gerrard admitted his disappointment at the club's lack of progress, saying: 'For the first time in my career I've thought about the possibility of moving on.'

Gerrard's decision to stay was justified when Liverpool, under Houllier's successor Benitez, won the European Cup in the Spaniard's first season in charge, coming from 3-0 down to beat AC Milan in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
Gerrard said afterwards: 'How can I leave after a night like this?'
But Gerrard almost did leave before suddenly deciding to sign a four-year contract following weeks of negotiations.
Gerrard's patience with Liverpool's lack of success under Benitez appears to have snapped with Wednesday's 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Anfield by struggling Championship club Reading.
Reports claimed Gerrard clashed with Benitez's assistant, Mauricio Pellegrino, over the hamstring strain which caused the midfielder's substitution, although Liverpool's manager yesterday denied any altercation. 'There was nothing,' said Benitez.


Gerrard is the greatest player alongside Zola not to have won the premierleague


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Zola is no-where near Gerrards calibre
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Jan 17 2010, 12:33 PM
Zola is no-where near Gerrards calibre
Gerrard is no-where near Zolas calibre :thumbsup:
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Zola is no-where near Gerrards calibre
Gerrard is no-where near Zolas calibre :thumbsup:
7 is nowhere near Phils calibre :thumbsup:
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Jan 17 2010, 12:40 PM
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Jan 17 2010, 12:39 PM
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Zola is no-where near Gerrards calibre
Gerrard is no-where near Zolas calibre :thumbsup:
7 is nowhere near Phils calibre :thumbsup:
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Torres hasn't won the PL, end of.
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Neither have you
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He'd be silly not to leave this summer. No one can question his loyalty, its Liverpool who have let him down really
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Yeah Alfie you're completely right.
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He should demand a statue be put up outside of Anfield of him if he stays until the end of his career
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