Steven Gerrard 's former Liverpool team-mate Jamie
Carragher has called news that the Anfield legend will be leaving the club at
the end of the season a "sad day" but that "it's the right
decision all things considered".
Gerrard will announce that he is
to leave his boyhood club at the end of the campaign tomorrow.
The midfielder, who will turn 35
in May, is out of contract in the summer, but, despite being offered a new
deal, he has decided the time is right to leave and pursue a fresh challenge.
Gerrard, who scored two
penalties in Liverpool's 2-2 draw against Leicester, has been free to talk to
foreign clubs from Jan 1.
He has not yet decided on a
future destination, but a move to Major League Soccer has long been rumoured.
When he announces his decision
to leave in the next 24 hours, it will be a move which mirrors that of close friend
Jamie Carragher, who decided to reveal he was retiring in February 2013 to
avoid his on-going contract situation becoming a distraction for manager
Brendan Rodgers.
Carragher wrote on Twitter on
Thursday night: "Sad day for LFC & English football with the Gerrard
news, I think it's the right decision all things considered.
"Mark my words Gerrard is
the greatest player to have played for £lfc sad sad day for everyone connected
with the club.
"Kenny (Dalglish) and Souey
(Graeme Souness) shone in great great LFC teams...Gerrard has played in LFC
teams that were at best mediocre and he carried them to trophies".
Gerrard joined Liverpool as an
eight-year-old and has made 695 appearances and scored 180 goals, winning 11
trophies with pinnacle being lifting the Champions League in 2005.
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