{"id":289652,"date":"2023-09-22T20:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289652"},"modified":"2023-09-22T20:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:34:56","slug":"steven-gerrard-poses-for-saudi-national-day-in-traditional-garments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/steven-gerrard-poses-for-saudi-national-day-in-traditional-garments\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard poses for Saudi National Day in traditional garments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Steven Gerrard takes time out of training to pose for Saudi National Day pictures as he continues to adapt to life in the Gulf state&#8230; with his in-form Al-Ettifaq side on a three-match winning run<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steven Gerrard was pictured wearing traditional Saudi dress in a photoshoot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In a video, his club Al-Ettifaq said they have &#8216;ambition beyond space and time&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steven Gerrard continued his cultural immersion in his new country by dressing up ahead of Saudi National Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Al-Ettifaq manager was pictured smiling in a traditonal thawb and chequered headdress in advance of the annual celebration day, taking place on September 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He posed for a video alongside other men in the club&#8217;s stadium in a country where homosexuality is outlawed and still punishable by the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after fellow Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in a video\u00a0alongside his Al-Nassr teammates wielding a sword and donning traditional dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard has had a successful start to the season as Al-Ettifaq manager, with the club fourth in the Saudi Pro League after his controversial summer move.<\/p>\n<p>They have won their last three games and most recently recorded a dramatic 4-3 comeback win against Al-Ta&#8217;ee thanks to goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Moussa Dembele.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/19\/75741199-0-image-a-1_1695408958986.jpg\" height=\"535\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Steven Gerrard smiled as he posed in traditional Saudi dress ahead of Saudi National Day\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/19\/75741197-0-image-a-2_1695409005373.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Al-Ettifaq manager posed for a photoshoot in the club&#8217;s stadium, with their Twitter account claiming they have &#8216;ambition beyond space and time&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a self-congratulatory video released by the club featuring Gerrard and other figures, a narrator said: &#8216;There is something implanted in us. Dreams come true.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s no illusion,&#8217; the video claimed. &#8216;We see it with the eyes of faith in our homeland, certain of it with our persistence and determination. Our determination is vast, our sight stretched by our passion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ambition beyond space and time, supported by our work. There is something known about us. We dream and achieve.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The caption to the post on X, formerly Twitter, boasted: &#8216;Saudis, we have ambition and we have a dream.\u00a0The impossible is achieved for us.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/20\/75674575-0-Steven_Gerrard_has_revealed_his_regret_in_hindsight_at_leaving_L-a-9_1695410469417.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>Gerrard still has a lot of love for his former club, Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recently in a video posted by The Anfield Wrap on TikTok that he was &#8216;devastated&#8217; to have left the club just months before Jurgen Klopp joined.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He 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.<\/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>&#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;<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard had a legendary career for the Reds, leading them to the Champions League as captain in 2005 and scoring 185 goals in more than 700 games for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12550837\/Steven-Gerrard-takes-time-training-pose-Saudi-National-Day-pictures-continues-adapt-life-Gulf-state-form-Al-Ettifaq-three-match-winning-run.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Steven Gerrard takes time out of training to pose for Saudi National Day pictures as he continues to adapt to life in the Gulf state&#8230; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/steven-gerrard-poses-for-saudi-national-day-in-traditional-garments\/\" title=\"Steven Gerrard poses for Saudi National Day in traditional garments\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steven Gerrard poses for Saudi National Day in traditional garments - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/steven-gerrard-poses-for-saudi-national-day-in-traditional-garments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steven Gerrard poses for Saudi National Day in traditional garments - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steven Gerrard takes time out of training to pose for Saudi National Day pictures as he continues to adapt to life in the Gulf state&#8230; 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