Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told the Liverpool Echo the club are continuing to look at a new contract for captain Steven Gerrard — but that no decision on a deal has yet been made. (ESPN FC)
Gerrard is one of the greatest and most influential players within the Premier League. He’s also one of the top 100 earning athletes in the world. He has since retired from international football to focus on club play. In the wake of this decision, Wayne Rooney succeeded him as captain of England.
Talented mimic, John Myatt, was commissioned to create the one-off portraits of some of the most iconic footballers who will grace the Champions League this season. That’s the intro picture above, Steven Gerrard in the style of Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of General John Burgoyne. It’s a promo for Sky Sports 5, and we think it truly does justice to the iconography and esteem that surrounds the career and aura of Steven Gerrard.
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