Rafa: Gerrard WILL Stay

By Nick Raynor
June 20 2005

Liverpool Manager Rafael Benitez is confident that Steven Gerrard will be a Liverpool player next season, not a Real Madrid Player.

Gerrard is expected to stay at Liverpool now that the club won the Champions League, and was allowed qualification next year.

 

But the speculation that Real Madrid will sign the defensive midfielder has still not gone away.

 

Benitez said:

 

"We are preparing a special weightlifting plan for Gerrard's shoulders because we want him to lift a lot of trophies for Liverpool in the next few years.

 

"I am not in favour of selling him and we are building a great team around him because we want him to be the skipper who wins the most titles in Liverpool's history.

 

"I know he feels the same way because we have already talked about it. Gerrard is a vital player for us and that is why we have not considered selling him."

 

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