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Gerrard to reject Real Madrid and Mourinho and stay at Liverpool - Exclusive
Liverpool expect Steven Gerrard to reject Jose Mourinho for a fourth time following Rafa Benitez’s Anfield exit.
Gerrard, 30, has said that he will decide his future after the World Cup Âfollowing a season of bitter disappointment for the Reds.
And new Real Madrid boss Mourinho has already made the Liverpool captain his No.1 target.
He came close to landing the midfielder three times in his Chelsea reign.
In 2004, Gerrard was persuaded to stay at Anfield when Benitez flew to England’s Lisbon training camp at the European Championship to outline his vision for the future.
Twelve months later, weeks after lifting the European Cup, a contract wrangle saw Gerrard flirt once again with a move to Chelsea.
Mourinho still believes he can tempt Gerrard to quit England for Spain with Liverpool looking further away than ever from landing the Premier League title.
Liverpool are already bracing themselves for a £30million bid, but the fact that they are ready to ask Gerrard and other senior players like Jamie Carragher and Fernando Torres for their thoughts on Benitez’s successor shows how confident they are of keeping their skipper.
A top Liverpool source told Sunday Mirror Sport that Benitez had “lost the team’s leaders, but now they’ll stayâ€.
Torres’s future has also been shrouded in doubt.
The Spanish striker quit boyhood club Atletico Madrid to win silverware, but has failed to pick up a medal in two years at Anfield.
Manchester City were the only club willing to meet Liverpool’s £60m valuation.
However, City were told by Torres’s advisers he could not move to a club unable to offer Champions League football next season.
Kenny Dalglish and chief executive Christian Purslow have been made king-makers by Liverpool’s owners.
They will gauge player opinions in their recruitment drive.
Another Liverpool insider said: “Benitez went because they lost 19 games last season, but the deterioration of his relationship with players was another major factor.
“In any business, if you have a number of individuals vital to the strength of your Âbusiness then you do everything you can to keep them.
“If you also have an individual who is under performing and who continually sinks to new depths of machiavellianism, then there is only one outcome.â€
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-News-Liverpool-skipper-Steven-Gerrard-to-reject-Real-Madrid-and-Jose-Mourinho-and-stay-at-Anfield-following-Rafa-Benitez-sacking-article449649.html
Gerrard to reject Real Madrid and Mourinho and stay at Liverpool - Exclusive
Liverpool expect Steven Gerrard to reject Jose Mourinho for a fourth time following Rafa Benitez’s Anfield exit.
Gerrard, 30, has said that he will decide his future after the World Cup Âfollowing a season of bitter disappointment for the Reds.
And new Real Madrid boss Mourinho has already made the Liverpool captain his No.1 target.
He came close to landing the midfielder three times in his Chelsea reign.
In 2004, Gerrard was persuaded to stay at Anfield when Benitez flew to England’s Lisbon training camp at the European Championship to outline his vision for the future.
Twelve months later, weeks after lifting the European Cup, a contract wrangle saw Gerrard flirt once again with a move to Chelsea.
Mourinho still believes he can tempt Gerrard to quit England for Spain with Liverpool looking further away than ever from landing the Premier League title.
Liverpool are already bracing themselves for a £30million bid, but the fact that they are ready to ask Gerrard and other senior players like Jamie Carragher and Fernando Torres for their thoughts on Benitez’s successor shows how confident they are of keeping their skipper.
A top Liverpool source told Sunday Mirror Sport that Benitez had “lost the team’s leaders, but now they’ll stayâ€.
Torres’s future has also been shrouded in doubt.
The Spanish striker quit boyhood club Atletico Madrid to win silverware, but has failed to pick up a medal in two years at Anfield.
Manchester City were the only club willing to meet Liverpool’s £60m valuation.
However, City were told by Torres’s advisers he could not move to a club unable to offer Champions League football next season.
Kenny Dalglish and chief executive Christian Purslow have been made king-makers by Liverpool’s owners.
They will gauge player opinions in their recruitment drive.
Another Liverpool insider said: “Benitez went because they lost 19 games last season, but the deterioration of his relationship with players was another major factor.
“In any business, if you have a number of individuals vital to the strength of your Âbusiness then you do everything you can to keep them.
“If you also have an individual who is under performing and who continually sinks to new depths of machiavellianism, then there is only one outcome.â€
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-News-Liverpool-skipper-Steven-Gerrard-to-reject-Real-Madrid-and-Jose-Mourinho-and-stay-at-Anfield-following-Rafa-Benitez-sacking-article449649.html
