In contemporary soccer, competition is very strong for every player, especially in the age of thirty plus, even though some players enjoy having best in the world just coz they have proven their reign throughout their career. Liverpool’s captain Steven Gerrard is one such soccer personality who has crossed thirty two years of age, yet Red’s manager is keen to offer him another term regardless of his growing age. According to Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers, there is much more still left with his captain who still has eighteen months remaining in his current contract. Performance wise, it has been fourteen long years passed by when Gerrard joined Liverpool, and he has since been a part of Liverpool’s A-team. In his long journey; he has scored 153 goals in his 609 league appearance for The Reds. Apart from this, he also has one hundred England caps to cheer about.
Moreover, ever since Brendan Rodgers has been the manager of Liverpool, he has seen Gerrard as a part of every Premiere League match, and he is highly impressed with the way his captain has performed in every match and that is why he is eagerly waiting for the moment midfielder signs a new deal. Liverpool, indeed, has not had a very good recent run and coz of that its captain had to face many criticisms about his form and injuries, but Rodger disagrees with them too. He is quite happy the way Gerrard has performed in last two games, especially in Liverpool’s 4-0 impressive triumph over Fulham on Saturday where he scored one goal and assisted another. After that match, manager said, “Steven is vital to us and I recognise that. I know he has 18 months left on his contract but I would want him to go beyond that for this club and this team. What I would say with Steven is he has a real hunger to succeed. He may be 32 years of age, but he’s still got so much left. He applies himself right, he eats well, he recovers well, he works well, he does everything right.
“This is a guy who has led his life right as a football player and that allows you to play well into your 30s. I would want him to stay beyond his current contract and extend it. There is absolutely no question about that. He has played every minute of every league game for us which shows what an incredible figure for us he is.”