Gerrard: I would have stayed if Liverpool had offered contract

Departing Reds skipper says he would have signed a new deal at the end of last season

Steven Gerrard
(Image credit: Paul Ellis / AFP)

Steven Gerrard would have stayed loyal to Liverpool if the club had been quicker in offering him a new contract. In a candid interview with the Liverpool Echo, the 34-year-old midfielder revealed that his decision to leave Anfield for America was prompted by the club's dithering last summer.

At the end of the campaign, as Gerrard prepared to lead England in Brazil at the World Cup, he had one year remaining on his contract, but there was no new contract offer from Liverpool until the late autumn. In the interim, Gerrard had retired from international football and begun to contemplate his future.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.