A day after he announced he was not renewing his Liverpool after 17 seasons with the Reds, Steve Gerrard said on Saturday he was leaving for America after the current English Premier League season. By the end of the day, multiple reports had him moving to the LA Galaxy on a 18-month contract.Gerrard said it was time for a switch when Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers told him he would not be an automatic choice in the Reds' lineup.
“I’m bright enough to realize it is the right thing for everyone, but when you’ve been a starter and a mainstay in the team for such a long time, it was a very difficult conversation to have with the manager,” Gerrard said in an interview with liverpoolfc.com. “I had an idea it was going to come at some time -- I’m a human, not a robot.”
Gerrard has played his entire career at Liverpool, his hometown club. He has played 695 games for the Reds and helped them win the UEFA Champions League in 2005 and UEFA Cup in 2011. He's won the FA Cup twice and League Cup three times but will finish his career without ever winning the Premier League. Liverpool finished second in the EPL last season but finds itself in eighth place, 17 points off the pace after New Year's Day.
“I’ll be going to play in America,” the 34-year-old Gerrard said. “I’m not over the line with any team just yet. I’m close and as soon as I know, I’ll make the announcement. I’d love nothing better than to try to win a trophy and leave the team in the top four.”
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