Gary Neville has revealed that he tried to persuade Steven Gerrard to leave Liverpool and sign for Manchester United.
The Liverpool legend spent most of his career at the Merseyside club before leaving to join MLS side LA Galaxy in 2015.
During his peak years, clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea all tried to convince him to join them.
Former Man United man Neville has revealed how Gerrard reacted when he requested him to leave his job for Old Trafford.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast, he said:
“Stevie [Steven Gerrard] told this in his book, where I went into his room with England and asked him to sign for Manchester United. I was meeting up with England for the Euros, and he [Sir Alex Ferguson] rang me and said it’s ambitious, but his words were, ‘Tell him I’ll go and fetch him, and I’ll walk him back down the East Lancs’.
“I went to see Stevie, and he quite categorically [rejected it] pretty quickly. He said he would never get out of Liverpool and his family would never get out of Liverpool.”
Gerrard has been a loyal servant for Liverpool. He has seen the ups and downs with them and stayed with them when many others came and left.
His ambition was always to be successful at the club he loves. He once said:
“It would mean an awful lot more to be successful at Liverpool than it would at any other club.
“Don’t get me wrong, I might have won more medals somewhere else but if I was to win the league here, along with a few more cups, that would mean a lot more than winning seven or eight trophies somewhere else.
“I can share it with my family, with the Liverpool supporters because I’ve been one of them all my life.”
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