{"id":648132,"date":"2025-12-22T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648132\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:52:13","slug":"steven-gerrard-offers-to-return-to-liverpool-in-any-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/648132\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard Offers to Return to Liverpool in &#8220;Any Department&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a data-ail=\"332024\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/steven-gerrard\/\" title=\"Steven Gerrard\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Gerrard<\/a> has offered himself to Liverpool \u201cin any department at any minute of every day,\u201d making clear his desire to \u201chelp them in anything\u201d while backing <a data-ail=\"332024\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is no secret that Gerrard\u2019s ultimate goal is to become Liverpool manager.<\/p>\n<p>But whether that will become a reality is doubtful at this stage, with the 45-year-old out of work for almost a year after failed stints at <a data-ail=\"332024\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/aston-villa\/\" title=\"Aston Villa\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> and Al-Ettifaq and in no rush to return to football.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking to Ally McCoist in an episode of TNT Sports\u2019 Ally\u2019s Social Club, Gerrard declared himself available to his beloved club in any job they would require him in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be brutally, brutally honest with you: I\u2019d help Liverpool in any department at any minute of every day. I\u2019d help them in anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want the Liverpool manager to lose his job, I want <a data-ail=\"332024\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> to fix this and turn it around and make Liverpool great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was bouncing all over the city four, five months ago when Liverpool won the league. I\u2019m a Liverpool fan, I want the best for Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if Liverpool need me, in any department at any time, I\u2019ll be there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why Steven Gerrard is not currently coaching<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P2025-11-01-Liverpool_Aston_Villa-96-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, November 1, 2025: Liverpool's former captain Steven Gerrard after the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Aston Villa FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-329713\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>There had been suggestions that, when Slot was facing mounting pressure during Liverpool\u2019s woeful run of form, Gerrard could even be targeted as an interim head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly that did not transpire and the Dutchman has since turned things around with the Reds currently on a six-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p>Instead Gerrard is keeping his options open while not actively searching for his next managerial role, insisting he was \u201cnot down the Job Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that right opportunity, or that feeling that I got when I first bounced into Rangers, doesn\u2019t come then I\u2019m fine,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not searching for a job, I\u2019m not down the Job Centre for what\u2019s available. I\u2019m not hoping \u2018that one might come available\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P2025-05-25-Liverpool_Crystal_Palace-15-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Sunday, May 25, 2025: Former Liverpool player Steven Gerrard during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-321998\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life\u2019s great, my family life\u2019s great, I\u2019m enjoying doing [media work], I\u2019ve got a lot going on. My life\u2019s good, I\u2019m fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the right football project comes up, the hunger\u2019s back, it\u2019s there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerrard last worked for Liverpool in the role of U18s coach for a season-and-a-half between January 2017 and taking the Rangers job in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He has since turned out for the club in Legends charity matches while also representing the Reds in a commercial role, including as part of this year\u2019s Christmas advertising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard has offered himself to Liverpool \u201cin any department at any minute of every day,\u201d making clear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,10246,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-648132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-steven-gerrard","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115762846672795661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}