In 2015, Steven Gerrard announced with a heavy heart that his time at his boyhood club would be coming to an end.
After 710 games - 472 of those as captain - and 186 goals, Gerrard left behind a life at Liverpool that had been all he had known since the age of nine.
It goes without saying that for a player of his calibre, the Reds' No.8 could have accumulated a greater haul of trophies during his playing days if his indisputable loyalty to Liverpool wasn't authentic. But instead of selling himself out for an eye-watering weekly wage to some of Europe's finest clubs, Gerrard instead received acknowledgement banknotes can't buy.
