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Steven Gerrard: This is the real reason why I rejected Chelsea
STEVEN GERRARD has revealed he turned down a move to Chelsea out of loyalty to Liverpool.
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Gerrard today announced his retirement from football after an 18-year career with Liverpool, England and LA Galaxy.
Gerrard will go down in history as a Liverpool legend but nearly left the club in 2004 to join Chelsea.
But the while the 36-year-old admits he may have won the Premier League at Stamford Bridge he is glad he remained loyal to Liverpool.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard turned down a move to Chelsea in 2004
Steven Gerrard won two FA Cups and the Champions League but never the Premier League
I had to go to the strongest teams in the league, and I could be sat here now with four or five Premier League medals,
“I get quite a lot of stick about not winning the Premier League,” Gerrard told BT Sport.
“I look back at the opportunities I had to go to the strongest teams in the league, and I could be sat here now with four or five Premier League medals, or could have gone abroad to the big teams and chased that glory.
"But it’s also satisfying that I stayed here and was loyal to the people who were most important to me, I didn’t chase cash, chase the glory.
Steven Gerrard celebrates winning the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005
"Of course I am sitting here with that one big regret that I didn’t win the Premier League, but I am proud of my loyalty.
"Liverpool means the world."
Gerrard won the Champions League, two FA Cups, three League Cups, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Community Shield in his 17 years at Anfield - but never the Premier League.
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