Steven Gerrard quits Liverpool

captain Steven
Gerrard will leave Liverpool at the end of the
2014-15 Premier League season.

The 34-year-old midfielder said: "This has been
the toughest decision of my life, one both me and
my family have agonised over for a good deal of
time.

"I'm making the announcement now so that
manager and team are not distracted by stories
or speculation about my future. From now until
the last kick of the last game of the season, I'll
be as fully committed to the team as I ever have
been.
"It is my sincere hope and wish that one day I
can return to serve Liverpool again, in whatever
capacity best helps the club. I'm going to carry
on playing and although I can't confirm at this
stage where that will be, I can say it will be
somewhere that means I won't be playing for a
competing club and will not therefore be lining up
against Liverpool, that is something I could never
contemplate."