Steven Gerrard’s legacy at Anfield will all the time see him held as one of many best to ever play for the membership however Anthony Gerrard might have had his personal story.
The cousin of our former captain revealed that he turned down a transfer to the Reds on a number of events.
Being an Everton participant on the time makes this much more fascinating, showing on The Soccer Historian Podcast the 39-year-old stated:
“I had three alternatives to signal for Liverpool and since Steven was Steven and me being like, ‘no, I wish to stroll my very own path’ and all that, which in hindsight was an absolute divvy transfer.
“I’m not saying experience his coat tails however with what he was on the membership and what he’d achieved, he would have put me in good stead on the soccer membership.
“So after I signed my professional deal at Everton I had two gives from Liverpool and I used to be like ‘no, I don’t wish to do it.’
“In hindsight, might I’ve had them Premier League appearances and stuff, perhaps, I might also have a Champions League medal, with the lads who have been on the bench on the time.”
The previous defender already had a cup-winning second for Liverpool, after lacking the very important penalty at Wembley within the Carling Cup closing in 2012.
Anthony Gerrard might have performed with Steven for Liverpool
(Photograph by Mike Hewitt/Getty Photographs)
Former gamers have stated that our membership legend dominated the dressing room with an iron fist and it might have been fascinating to see how he handled a member of the household in there with him.
Bobby Duncan, one other cousin of the previous No.8 had a horrible time after transferring to Anfield and so it could not have been the perfect transfer for Anthony both.
It’s a narrative that may have been fascinating had it panned out however will maybe all the time stay a ‘what if’ story within the Gerrard household.
You may watch Gerrard’s feedback (from 17:05) by way of The Soccer Historian Podcast on YouTube:
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