Thierry Henry has admitted it ‘pains’ him that Steven Gerrard never won the Premier League in a glowing verdict of the Liverpool legend.
Gerrard is currently getting to grips with his new managerial role at Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq
Regardless of what Gerrard goes on to achieve in his managerial career, Reds supporters will always remember him as one of, if not the greatest player in the club’s history.
Someone who shares that opinion is Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, who made an instant admission about Gerrards’ career, when looking at a photo of the Liverpool icon.
Henry:
“This guy, it pains me to look at him knowing that he didn’t win the league. I’m not saying that to be sarcastic, understand me well,” Henry said in an interview with the PFA.
“‘Stevie G didn’t win the league’, when I say it, it sounds weird.
“That doesn’t change the impact, what he could he transmit, how he used to transcend people, the energy, the aura, the attitude.
“This guy, when he was on (form) - even when he wasn’t on - he used to try to find a way to motivate people. To get the crowd behind him; to get players that you might have thought were not that great, suddenly because he told them or tackled someone or smashed the ball in from 35 yards, everyone is like, ‘we will follow this guy’.”
Henry added
“This what I’m saying, it’s not so much about titles - it is - but it’s also about, do you inspire people? What do you transmit? How do you transcend people?”
"When I think about Liverpool - the older generation will give me other names, King Kenny, Ian Rush - but, for me, he is Liverpool.”
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