Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been included in UEFA’s ‘Ultimate Team of the Year‘, it was revealed on Wednesday.
The former midfielder is arguably the greatest player in Liverpool’s history, forging a remarkable career over 17 years at Anfield.
Gerrard famously won the Champions League back in 2005, inspiring the Reds to glory in the final against AC Milan, achieving many other feats at the club, too.
To sum up the current Rangers manager’s legendary status, he has been picked in a star-studded team, made up of players who have made UEFA’s Team of the Year on the most occasions.
Gerrard is in midfield alongside legendary Spanish duo Xavi and Andres Iniesta, with the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry also included:
UEFA release their 'Ultimate Team of the Year'
The team is made up of the players who have made the UEFA TOTY XI the most amount of times since the inaugural team in 2000 pic.twitter.com/gVEScl8TEp
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Gerrard is unquestionably one of the best midfielders of his generation, if not of any generation, with his all-round game almost incomparable. The ex-Liverpool captain could do everything as a player, possessing technical quality, leadership, pace, power, end product and versatility.
Gerrard so often single-handedly dragged average Reds teams through games – you just wonder how he would have fared in better line-ups during his career.
The idea of him playing in this current Liverpool outfit at his peak is a mouthwatering one, with the 40-year-old likely to have excelled under Jurgen Klopp and making them even stronger had he been in his peak now.
