Thank you Steven Gerrard.Thank you for you honor,your loyalty,your dignity,your respect,your gentlemanship,your quality and consistency.All applied to 1 club.You could have left countless of times,won countless more trophies,but you stuck with us,through thick and thin.A true example of a real man,a real player.An extremely rare specimen in this day and age of relentless ambition and glory and money-hunting.
Reminds me of Bellamy leaving the club with a year left to go on his contract,to help his hometown club reach the big league from the Championship.Impressive. Then I think of Sterling or all those players that leave for Barcelona/Real Madrid without a second´s thought to go play in the least competitive league in the world just to rack up easy league titles and CL spots.The current money-based systems employed by Real Madrid,Manchester City and PSG are disheartening for any true football fan,and Gerrard,an academy product,leaving the PL makes that all the more deep.Thank you for everything Steven,and I know you won´t read this but there are still some of us that will carry your legacy of values into the uncertain future,thank you for your shining example.
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