At 11pm on 5 July, Gerrard called Marshall: "Tell Rick I want to stay. Now, finally, his faith looks like being rewarded Now, finally, his faith looks like being rewardedSteven Gerrard stunned Liverpool by asking for a transfer six weeks after winning the Champions League final in 2005. "The news, delivered by Parry the following morning, was gratefully received by Liverpool fans, with sighs of relief replacing burning shirts. On the one hand, he bemoans Liverpool's failure to engage in contract talks, while on the other he speaks of the annoyance he felt when the chief executive, Rick Parry, approached him "three times in nine weeks" during the 2004-05 season regarding a new deal because, at that stage,  he was unsure of Liverpool's ability to win major honours, and, in particular, the title. The Liverpool legend, and now Rangers manager, was linked with a switch to the Blues in 2004 and again the following year, but eventually rejected … There and then, Gerrard's mind was made up. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. In a matter of days, Gerrard signed a new contact worth £100,000 a week.The nine years since have seen unrelenting dedication from Gerrard to Liverpool's cause, even during the dark days of Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and now he is on the verge of achieving it all. His faith was rewarded a year later when Milan were beaten at the Ataturk Stadium. My first instinct was to blame Rick Parry, as like many Liverpool fans, I wasn't his biggest fan. Chelsea mascot who pranked former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard aged five joins Jamie O’Hara’s Billericay Town By Jackson Cole 28th August 2020, 3:45 pm "When the born-and bred red almost turned blue it left him a nervous wreck.

"The satisfaction of one title with Liverpool, no matter how long it took, would always eclipse three or four at Stamford Bridge," says Carragher.

Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianSteven Gerrard stunned Liverpool by asking for a transfer six weeks after winning the Champions League final in 2005. When a fresh deal was presented to him at the end of a hugely successful campaign, he deemed it as "not good enough" for a player of his abilities. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Chelsea prankster Jake Nickless has revealed Steven Gerrard helped him out despite previously making the former Liverpool skipper look silly.. The young Chelsea mascot responsible for pranking Steven Gerrard in the Stamford Bridge tunnel almost 15 years ago has joined Billericay Town. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed Steven Gerrard was linked with a switch the Blues in 2004Liverpool's name already engraved on 'Premier League trophy' in leaked viral video 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Steven Gerrard has opened up on how close he came to joining Chelsea, thanks to the lure of playing under Jose Mourinho. In his autobiography, Gerrard describes that day as  the "most emotional" of his life, a period when he was drained of all energy and reduced to "eating paracetamol like Smarties". When Steven Gerrard, a born-and bred red, almost turned blue and joined Chelsea it left him a nervous wreck. Put simply, Gerrard wanted everything on his terms regardless of the confusion and contradictions that caused.By the end of June all negotiations over a new deal were off, and after "I was working in an office in Huyton when a colleague walked in and said: 'Stevie's going to Chelsea'," says Gareth Roberts, editor of "But it was true and I couldn't take it in. "Ultimately Stevie realised that. "The mother of all misunderstandings" is how Jamie Carragher describes what took place in the summer of 2005 in his autobiography.There was blame on both sides, but through Gerrard's own recounting of the tale, he comes across poorly. The bastard son of modern football. If so, it was a risky, rather selfish tactic, and Gerrard blinked first, deciding he "couldn't jump over the edge of the cliff". Higuain 'agrees' move to Beckham's Inter Miami after he snubs Newcastle Chelsea could offer Sarr to Leverkusen on loan as sweetener for £90m Havertz Leeds slump to 3-0 defeat to Stoke less than two weeks until Liverpool game Man Utd could use Romero to land Grealish as Villa line up move for £10m keeper Bartomeu 'could go to PRISON if he sells Lionel Messi' as transfer talks go on©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. "How can I leave after a night like this?" The captain may look at those in blue on Sunday and wonder, but the desire of the born-and-bred red is no longer in doubt. Why would a Huyton lad, Liverpool Football Club to the heart, want to go Gerrard claims he never really wanted to swap Anfield for Stamford Bridge and the transfer request was a means of forcing Liverpool to show their love for him. "But now I have no regrets at all because Liverpool are the club I love - and that’s the way it should be.”Gerrard went on to earn a legend status at Liverpool and has never played for any other club in Europe - he only left Reds to spend 18 months at LA Galaxy before his retirement in 2016.Chelsea in that time won both European cups and triumphed in the Premier League five times.Last September, Champions League-winning boss Jurgen Klopp said Gerrard would be the ideal candidate to replace him in the Anfield hot seat.

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