{"id":289456,"date":"2023-09-21T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289456"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T09:35:13","slug":"steven-gerrard-regrets-leaving-liverpool-months-before-jurgen-klopp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/steven-gerrard-regrets-leaving-liverpool-months-before-jurgen-klopp\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard regrets leaving\u00a0Liverpool months before Jurgen Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Steven Gerrard reveals\u00a0Liverpool exit regret, claiming &#8216;I&#8217;d have put up with four to five months of Brendan Rodgers to get six months with Jurgen Klopp&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steven Gerrard has revealed his regret at leaving Liverpool when he did\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He moved to LA, but missed out on the opportunity to play under Jurgen Klopp\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steven Gerrard has revealed his regret at leaving Liverpool months before Jurgen Klopp came in at Anfield and revolutionised the club.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard was offered a one-year contract extension by the Reds for the 2015-16 season, but turned it down in favour of MLS side LA Galaxy, after Liverpool&#8217;s manager at the time, Brendan Rodgers, told him that his playing time would be reduced in the forthcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>But with the benefit of hindsight, Gerrard, 43, has said that he wished he could have stayed at Liverpool a season longer, and worked with Klopp, who came in four days after Rodgers was sacked from his post in October 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted by The Anfield Wrap on TikTok,\u00a0Gerrard said: &#8216;I was devastated. I obviously made a decision not to sign a year extension to go to America, whereas if I&#8217;d took the extension, I might have got six months under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But obviously being under Brendan&#8217;s management at the time, I was getting told my game time was gonna get less and less. I didn&#8217;t wanna be a sub for Liverpool, I didn&#8217;t wanna be a squad player. I still felt that I was the best midfielder there at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine Gerrard under Klopp \ud83d\ude33 #gerrard #klopp #liverpool <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/09\/75674575-12543835-image-m-3_1695283650464.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steven Gerrard has revealed his regret in hindsight at leaving Liverpool when he did in 2015<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/09\/75674567-12543835-image-m-4_1695283686823.jpg\" height=\"309\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Then manager Brendan Rodgers had told Gerrard that his opportunities would be limited<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/09\/75674513-12543835-image-m-7_1695283734739.jpg\" height=\"889\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, it meant he missed out on working with Jurgen Klopp by only a matter of months<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But in hindsight, if I&#8217;d have knew what was gonna come off, 100%, I&#8217;d have signed the year extension, and I&#8217;d have put up with four to five months of Brendan to get six months of Klopp, for sure.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard played over 700 games in all competitions for Liverpool, scoring 185 goals, asserting himself as a club legend, having played for the club through youth levels and making his senior debut in 1998.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But leaving when he did meant he did not work with former Borussia Dortmund coach Klopp, who has also written his name into Liverpool&#8217;s legacy with the success he has brought to Merseyside since taking over from Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Under Klopp, Liverpool have won the Champions League, the Premier League, and the FIFA Club World Cup, as well as the FA Cup and League Cup double in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard played for LA Galaxy in the 2015 and 2016 campaigns, making a total of 39 appearances in all competitions, and scoring five goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is now a manager himself, having taken over the hotseat at Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq earlier this year, where he oversees a team including another former Liverpool captain, Jordan Henderson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12543835\/Steven-Gerrard-reveals-Liverpool-exit-regret-claiming-Id-four-five-months-Brendan-Rodgers-six-months-Jurgen-Klopp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Steven Gerrard reveals\u00a0Liverpool exit regret, claiming &#8216;I&#8217;d have put up with four to five months of Brendan Rodgers to get six months with Jurgen Klopp&#8217; 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