Revive Liverpool

Chapter 303 Betrayal
Among the 19 rounds of the Premier League, Tottenham and Manchester United drew, Chelsea and Southampton drew, Manchester City and Burnley drew, and the teams competing for the league title with Liverpool all drew in this round.

This allowed Liverpool to chase points.

The next round of Liverpool's game is on January 1st of the new year, also at Liverpool's home court.

This allows Liverpool to avoid running back and forth during the difficult schedule of the Christmas schedule. Such a schedule can be said to be very good.

And in the New Year, for Liverpool fans, something that could be expected but something that they really don't want to face happened.

Gerrard announced on social media that he will retire at the end of this season.

Then Liverpool officially announced that Gerrard will retire.

For the past 17 years, fans have grown accustomed to Gerrard playing for Liverpool in red.

But now that Gerrard has chosen to retire, this kind of scene will not appear again, which is tantamount to a catastrophe for Liverpool fans.

Gerrard led Liverpool to the first Premier League trophy in team history last season, and they are still waiting for Gerrard to lead Liverpool to move on and win more trophies.

While all Liverpool fans know that Steven Gerrard may retire, and it may not even be too far away, it is very difficult for Liverpool fans to face this so soon.

They can't accept this happening so quickly.

But it was more or less a good decision for Gerrard and the team.

Gerrard chose to retire bravely and end his Liverpool career this season so that he can leave decently.

Gerrard's performance this season is still okay, he has a lot of playing time, and he was not put on the bench by Klopp.

If Gerrard hadn't chosen to end his career in Liverpool this season, then it is likely that he would have a bleak end in Liverpool.

And if he chooses to leave Liverpool, it will greatly damage his image among Liverpool fans.

In the original time and space, Gerrard left Liverpool and went to Los Angeles Galaxy. Although Liverpool fans are blessings, these simple fans must hope that Gerrard can stay in Liverpool forever.

It’s just that the club only offered a one-year new contract at that time, and the weekly salary was greatly reduced, from £1 to £15. The two sides could not reach an agreement on the contract renewal, so Gerrard left Los Angeles.

In addition, there was some distrust of the head coach Rogers at the time. In some key Champions League and Premier League games, Rogers put him on the bench 4 times.

This includes the focus of the Champions League match between Liverpool and Real Madrid. In addition, Rodgers has repeatedly stated in public that Gerrard should accept the reality of less and less playing time.

In the end, it was Gerald's fatal fall in the original space-time.

These reasons contributed to Gerrard's departure, and because of these reasons, although Gerrard chose to leave Liverpool, Liverpool fans did not feel betrayed.

Of course, one of the reasons for not feeling betrayed is also the reason why Gerrard chose to leave European football and go to the American Major League.

But now those factors are gone.

The club is still willing to give Gerrard a contract with the maximum salary in the team. Although Klopp also said that it will make Gerrard play a lot less time, but in actual operation, Klopp still respects Gerrard and does not embarrass Gerrard too much.

And a fatal fall is no longer fatal, so Gerrard should have no reason to choose to leave Liverpool.

For the team, it is also a good choice for Gerrard to choose to retire now.

If Gerrard does not choose to retire, then the team will definitely still have to renew Gerrard with a maximum salary. There is no doubt about it.

But apart from the salary issue, the most important thing is that Gerrard's continued stay in Liverpool will delay the development of Liverpool.

As a veteran, some of the games he can play may be except for some particularly critical games and already very difficult games that require him to come up as a veteran to stabilize the morale of the army, and only some insignificant games will choose him to play for rotation.

But who would the lineup for these inconsequential games be without Gerrard?The young players in the team, the team's youth players, so Gerrard actually blocked the development of some young Liverpool players.

So Gerrard's departure is also good for Liverpool's future development.

Of course, now that Gerrard is mentioned, I have to mention another Lampard of the "Double Virtue".

According to the loan contract between New York City and Manchester City, now that Lampard's loan has expired, he will return to the MLS and can no longer stay in Manchester City.

And even if he continues to stay at Manchester City on loan, he needs to re-register after the Premier League winter transfer window opens. This year's Premier League winter transfer window is on January 1, and the new contract must be submitted for registration at least until after January 3, which means that in the middle, Lampard will not be able to play for Manchester City for a period of time.

But in fact, in the middle of the match between Manchester City and Sunderland on January 1, Lampard was on the list and he played for Manchester City.

This incident immediately caused an uproar.

First, a BBC reporter broke the news on Twitter: Manchester City did not rent Lampard, but directly signed a one-year contract with Lampard in the summer of 2014, and the contract can be terminated early before New Year's Day in 1.

Later, ESPN disclosed that a source from New York City FC said that Lampard's current contract was not signed with New York, but Manchester City.

After the end of Manchester City's season, Lampard, whose contract expires, will come to the team.

In this round of games, many head coaches were asked by reporters how they viewed this loan.

And Arsenal coach Wenger said something very interesting: "If you look at the map, you know that from Chelsea to Manchester, the shortest way is definitely not to fly to New York first."

At the same time, Wenger also said that Manchester City's move is likely to circumvent the restrictions of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Act.

In this regard, Manchester City coach Pellegrini must be unavoidable. In the pre-match press conference, his response was: "I think, as coaches, we can't even manage our own team's affairs. There is no need to evaluate other teams. The Financial Fair Play Act has restrictions on all teams. Lampard is a free player and does not need to cost us a penny."

(End of this chapter)