28 year old Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has stated that he wants to spend the rest of his football career playing for the club. He has two and a half years left on his current contract, and hopes to sign a new one:

“I have two and a half years left on my contract and hopefully I will sign another one and stay for the remainder of my career,”

“I don’t know what’s going to happen over the next ten years but certainly for the next five or six I hope I’m playing in Liverpool’s first team.”

It is almost 10 years since Gerrard made his Anfield debut as a second half substitute in the Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers match:

“It’s hard to believe I have been in the first team for ten years because the time has just flown by,”

“I’m very proud to be able to say I have played for the first team for ten years.

“If someone had said ten years ago that I would go on to be captain and lift the European Cup then I wouldn’t have believed them, but I’ve had to work very hard to get to where I am and to win trophies both on a personal level and as part of the team.”

“We’ll have to wait and see about management but I certainly want to get my qualifications to enable me to coach and manage. Then I’ll have to decide what I want to do.

“Whether I’ll be interested in the Gary Ablett (Liverpool reserve coach) type role, the Sammy Lee (Liverpool assistant manager) role or the Rafa Benitez role, I don’t know. I just want to get all my badges and then we’ll see.”

Source:Skysports