The new Liverpool manager has banked on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 to come good next season for the Reds as he expects the talismanic midfielder to carry his home town club to glory via being a role model for the youngsters at Anfield...
The former Swansea City manager who recently took over at Anfield has called on Gerrard to take up a leadership role at Liverpool next season by guiding the club to glory. Rodgers was brought in as Liverpool’s manager after Kenny
Dalglish was dismissed as the club manager following a disappointing Premier League season.
Dalglish took the club to the F.A Cup final only to lose to Chelsea but Liverpool did emerge victorious in the Carling Cup final. Gerrard has been out of form for the Reds for the past one and a half year but he has also suffered
due to persistent injury issues.
Rodgers will hope that the Englishman can overcome his fitness issues to make an impact for Liverpool. Gerrard was recently appointed the England national team captain as well as he notched up three assists in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749’s EURO 2012
campaign, where they were eventually eliminated by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 via a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Arsenal’s ever improving
squad strength.
He said, "He’s on his break at the moment, a well-deserved break because I thought he was wonderful in the championships, but he wanted to come in for a coffee and a chat. He’s a great role model for this club, a wonderful inspiration
on and off the field.’
Rodger’s further stated, “You can see Liverpool is very much in his heart. He really is the soul of this football club. He’s maybe not the loudest on the field, but captains are different. Some are more vocal and some are pure
inspiration in terms of their actions and he’s very much that.”
Gerrard will be vital for Liverpool’s chances of making it to a UEFA Champions League qualification place but his question marks still surround his fitness levels which have been his downfall as far as the English Premier League
is concerned.
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