Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has urged the club’s owners to offer manager Brendan Rodgers a new contact ‘as soon as possible’ as a reward for turning the team into title challengers.
Rodgers signed a 3 year deal with the option of another 12 months when signing for the club in July 2012, and now there is no doubt that FSG will feel he is the right man to take the club forward. They have begun the opening stages of negotiating a new contract, but Rodgers’ focus is on pushing for the Premier League title now, and he is happy to wait until the end of the season to begin real talks.
Gerrard believes Rodgers is the ‘driving force’ behind Liverpool’s success this season and thinks it would be in FSG’s best interests to tie him down to a new contract as soon as possible,
“I think he deserves a very long contract here, I have been blown away by his sessions, his tactics and his maturity in the job and I am learning from him every single day. When you get a bit older as a player like me you look to see how the manager does certain things and he has been fantastic for me.”
“I’m sure all of the other players would echo what I’m saying. I am absolutely delighted he’s here and I hope there is a lot of movement in Boston now because they have to get him signed up as soon as possible.”
Gerrard took time away from a family holiday to meet Rodgers in person when he arrived at the club in 2012. The two have developed a strong relationship and Gerrard has adapted well to the new holding midfield role Rodgers has created for him.
“He has been a revelation,” said Gerrard, speaking off the back of Liverpool’s 3-0 over Manchester United at Old Trafford, “he keeps tweeking and tinkering with the formation and making little subtle changes. He is a young coach who has been there and has earned the right to be Liverpool manager.”
By Ben Kelly
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