Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard’s reason he doesn’t need an Anfield statue

Steven Gerrard deserves a statue outside Anfield after what he achieved on the pitch – but can live without one because the club has shown him enough respect since he left them

Steven Gerrard insists he doesn’t need a statue of himself outside Anfield to make him feel like he’s appreciated by Liverpool.

Homegrown hero Gerrard is regarded by some people as the greatest Liverpool player of all time. The midfield icon scored 186 goals in 710 appearances during his 17-year career on Merseyside.

During that time he won nine major trophies, including the Champions League in 2005 when he inspired a famous comeback against AC Milan in Istanbul. Legendary managers Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley both have statues outside the stadium to mark their achievements.

But no player, including Gerrard or Kenny Dalglish, has been afforded the same honour. Yet Garrard, speaking as a guest on the ‘Rio Ferdinand Presents’ podcast, insists he is cool about it – because he still feels the love and respect every time he goes back to Anfield.

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Gerrard said: “There’s enough respect – and I think the club have gone above and beyond for me.

“If you knew what that club had done for me, not through my career, from the moment I stopped being a Liverpool player. If you knew the respect that that club would give me, it would blow your mind. It’d blow your mind.

“The phone calls I’ve had from the top, the things that they’ve done for me, family, the invitations, the care, the after-player respect that I’ve had off that club, it would blow your mind.

“I don’t need a statue to feel the love off Liverpool. There’s enough. There’s been enough. My respect for Liverpool has only gotten stronger and thicker and more fonder, since the day I retired.

“Because in my mind, I thought you just fizzled into the… Liverpool Football Club have given me more love and care and respect since I’ve stopped playing for them.”

Listen to the full Rio Meets Steven Gerrard interview on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Go to www.youtube.com/@rioferdinandpresents

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