Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits he will be open to offers both as a player and a coach in December.
The 35-year-oldâs contract with LA Galaxy expires in eight months and he has thought âa lotâ about a Reds reunion with friend and ex-team-mate Jamie Carragher in some sort of coaching capacity.
However, he does not yet know if he will be asked to stay on in California, whether there is one last hurrah somewhere else or whether he should hang up his boots and join the backroom staff.
âPhysically I could play in the MLS for this season and next, 100 per cent for sure,â he told menâs fashion brand MR PORTER.
âAm I going to do that? Do I want to do that? Am I going to be offered the chance to do that? I donât know, weâll have to wait and see.
âIâm at a little bit at a crossroads at the moment, what to do, whether to call it a day at the end of the season, or whether maybe to do one more, but weâll have to wait and see.
âThe season finishes here in November; maybe some football offers might come my way, maybe some coaching roles will come my way.
âIâm doing my coaching badges and Iâm on my A licence as we speak.
âHopefully Iâm going to be in a position to consider some offers very seriously come Christmas.â
Both Gerrard and Carragher have taken up jobs as television pundits after leaving Liverpool, the midfielder combining his with playing for Galaxy.
However, having shared 16 years in the Redsâ first team together and several years before that at the clubâs academy, Gerrard remains hopeful of a reunion back at their spiritual home.
âIâve imagined it a lot. Jamieâs knowledge of the game is superb. I know the amount of time and effort he puts into to the work that he does now, also how much he loved the game when I played with him,â he added.
âI think weâll both work for the club again at some point during the rest of our lives. When that will be, I donât know. Will that be together? Iâm not sure.
âWould I work with Jamie Carragher again for Liverpool? Of course I would, without a doubt, but itâs for other people to make that decision.
âIt goes without saying that the clubâs in our hearts and itâs difficult if the club come calling but weâve other things going on at the moment â itâs not as if weâre begging for it or desperate for it â but they know where we are.
âWhen I retire from football I am going to be available for people to offer me roles if they feel Iâm one of the candidates.
âWould I go for another role in the game if any offers (from Liverpool) didnât come my way? Yeah I would.
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