Rogers backs Gerrard as coach
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has backed Steven Gerrard to thrive in a coaching role if he opts to take that route after retiring.
Gerrard will leave Anfield at the end of the season after 17 years with the club, 12 of them as captain, and head for the USA to play in MLS.
That will likely take the former England skipper up to the end of his playing career.
Another Anfield favourite, Jamie Carragher, has carved out a reputable career as a television pundit after bowing out from the game in 2013.
But Rodgers believes the “gold dust” that Gerrard could pass on to the stars of tomorrow makes him an ideal coaching candidate.
“I do genuinely believe that he is that type, he can offer great advice,” Rodgers told the club’s official website. “It’s whether it’s something that he wants to do.
“When players retire and finish, they have been in this cauldron for so many years and especially with the eyes on you at a club like this here.
“They move away and they might find that after a year or two out of it, it’s actually not something they want to do and there are other opportunities for them that are maybe less stressful than moving into coaching and management.
“From my perspective here, the experience that he has of Liverpool as a club and those little bits of gold dust that he can give players would be invaluable to young players.”