Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard had been out of work since his 18-month tenure with Al-Ettifaq came to an end in January
Stephen Killen Senior Football Writer
07:23, 03 Oct 2025
Vladimir Smicer has talked up Steven Gerrard becoming Liverpool manager(Image: Photo by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images)
Vladimir Smicer believes Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard can still take the helm at Anfield. The Champions League-winning midfielder says that time is on the iconic captain’s side, and if he tastes success with another club, the door to the Reds is always open.
The 45-year-old has been out of management since January, when his 18-month tenure with Al-Ettifaq came to an end. Since then, Gerrard has been named as a contender in most managerial vacancies, including the likes of Birmingham and former club Rangers, where he won the Scottish Premiership.
Gerrard looked destined to continue his trajectory to the Anfield hotseat after ending Celtic’s stranglehold north of the border and took his first Premier League managerial role with Aston Villa, but his time came to an end just shy of 12 months.
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But Smicer, speaking to Boyle Sports, who offer the latest football odds, believes: “It’s important that if you sign for a club, you need to know where you want to go and what the club’s ambitions are.
“It’s not good to sign for a club that is financially struggling and has no future. Of course, Steven Gerrard has been a fantastic player, one of the best players I played with.
“But as a manager, as I said, he’s still very young. His name is big in England, Europe, and world football, Stevie is fantastic.
“I know his mentality, he’s a winner. He definitely wants to go to a club where he feels he has a chance to win games, be a strong team, and build something.
“So if they show him plans for the future and he feels it’s achievable, it’s interesting for him.
“But it must have a future, it must have ambition. People sometimes ask me if he can one day be the manager of Liverpool. And I’m saying yes, I think one day Stevie G can be a manager of Liverpool.
“He would be a very good manager of Liverpool in my opinion. But we’ll see in the future. He needs to have some success with a team.
“Could it be Birmingham or Wrexham, maybe. But if he has success, why not Liverpool one day?”