Jurgen Klopp Happy For Gerrard Return

 

Jurgen Klopp is happy that former captain and club legend Steven Gerrard is back to Liverpool where he would only be training with the team.

Klopp has confirmed he has spoken with Gerrard, but said his chat with the Reds great did not include anything about pulling on a Liverpool shirt again in a competitive game. Klopp said “I had contact with Stevie. We had one phone call and a few messages and of course I think I said the doors are always open, Stevie is a legend at this club and if he's here in Liverpool and he's young and healthy enough to want to train, that is absolutely no problem. Nothing else, he didn't ask (about playing) so I don't have to think about it. He is an LFC legend and our doors are always open.

"Do you think he should play at this moment or next year. No? Why did you ask me? Stevie has a contract with LA Galaxy, he loves this club and he is a legend and when his contract has ended we can talk about different stuff. We will find for sure something for Stevie when he comes back and whatever he wants to do we will help him but not at this moment - we are in the middle of the season”

Gerrard once said he would have love to stay back at Liverpool if he had been given the chance to take on a player-coach role. In an interview in September he said “What would have kept me at Liverpool into this season was the chance of shadowing Brendan Rodgers and his staff as well as playing. Those ideas were only mentioned to me after I had announced I was leaving, I could have been a good squad player, a good sub, as well as getting management experience that money can't buy”