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'The legend forever' - Footballing greats pay tribute as Gerrard hangs up his boots

Big names like Kaka, Javier Zanetti and Thierry Henry joined his former team-mates in praising the ex-Liverpool and England midifielder.
5.16pm, 24 Nov 2016
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AT THE AGE of 36, Steven Gerrard today announced his retirement from football.

Seen as one of the greatest English players of his generation, the ex-Liverpool midfielder — who spent his entire career with his hometown club with the exception of the last 18 months as an LA Galaxy player — won the Champions League, the Uefa Cup, two FA Cups and three league cups during a glittering 17-year professional career on Merseyside.

Unsurprisingly, several former team-mates and opponents have come out to pay tribute to Gerrard since the news broke.

Jamie Carragher

Xabi Alonso

Fernando Torres

Pepe Reina

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Jordan Henderson

Michael Owen

Tim Cahill

Gary Lineker

Alan Shearer

Thierry Henry

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Javier Zanetti

Kaka

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    Chocolatito
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:58 PM

    Only beating Malta by two goals is embarrassing

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    Michael J
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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:58 PM

    I’m glad Southgate got the job. He’s a useless pr*** and the best thing you can say about him is he is Allardyce’s sloppy seconds. A sad comment on the quality of English managers.

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    Maximiliano Puerto
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    Oct 8th 2016, 9:35 PM

    He is only caretaker manager as there wasn’t enough time to find a long term replacement before these games. Calm down.

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    Oct 8th 2016, 9:40 PM

    @Chocolatito: It’s not embarrassing at all. Malta rarely get hammered by teams, in the last year they’ve only lost by one goal in games against Croatia, Italy and Austria. The reason they got hammered by Scotland was because they had a player unfairly sent off and fell apart from there.

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    Michael J
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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:05 PM

    No. It is embarrassing. It’s f***ing embarrassing. Malta’s top player only played today because he got someone else to cover his postman’s round. To be fair. Any team Rooney can get into now has to be shite.

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    Jonah
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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:15 PM

    When was the last time Rooney had a good game? If he played for a smaller club there’s no way he’d be playing for England.

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    thatsnotme
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    Oct 8th 2016, 8:02 PM

    They’re gonna win the WC now again

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    ryan o sullivan
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:19 PM

    Had England -2 in an accum tks you sh#t head

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    Alan b
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:34 PM

    Ah Ryano ya may aswell have given me your money

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    ryan o sullivan
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:35 PM

    Had a big win during the week Al put a lot of it on an accum and the English let me down, typical

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    Alan b
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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:03 PM

    Bookie always wins Ryano

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    ryan o sullivan
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    Oct 8th 2016, 10:09 PM

    Your right Al, keeps ya interested in the boring games .

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    Rons not Ron
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    Oct 8th 2016, 7:41 PM

    Nelson haha

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