Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard, MBEis an English professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy as a central midfielder. He spent the majority of his career playing for Premier League club Liverpool, with most of that time as their captain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth30 May 1980
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I'm shocked, looking at the players that have won this award in the past and some of the unbelievable players involved last year,
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This time round, there's ... a good mix of youth and experience. It could be the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville's last World Cup, so I think everyone's going to be desperate this time round to deliver.
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There's no doubt we are a better team than we were last season when we won the European Cup, so let's just say that we aren't about to give up our trophy easily.
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There was a special atmosphere at the games last year. They're a fantastic team and it will be close.
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There's a lot of confidence in the squad, a lot of togetherness and we're ready for this World Cup. We've got a lot of hungry players. And it could be a lot of players' last World Cup as well, so it's important that this group of players -- there's so much quality there -- and we need to deliver in the summer.
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The last six weeks have been the toughest of my life and it's the hardest decision I have ever had to make,
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The last player you want the ball to go to is the best player on the planet.
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I fully intended to sign a new contract after the Champions League final, but the events of the last five or six weeks have changed all that.
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I'm not going to go through another summer like the last two. I'll be staying here until the day someone tells me they don't want me.
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I was asked to play in three different positions,
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I think we know the manager really well now, we've worked with him for a long time. We know he's desperate to win this World Cup and I don't think the relationship with the players has been affected by what's happened recently.
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We've got the best blend of youth, experience and quality the club's seen in a while. We have a gang of very hungry players. Everyone wants medals. When you've got that desire in a dressing room, and when the punters in the stands and the people in the boardroom match it, then you've got a winning mixture. I look around the dressing room pre-kick-off now and you can see the will to win in people's eyes.
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I'm signed here for this season and another two so there is no situation. There's a lot of speculation but that's not down to me.
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Statistics don't lie. I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious.