adminLONDON. — Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has called on the club’s owners Fenway Sports Group not to waste any time in giving manager Brendan Rodgers a new contract. The Reds boss has just over a year left on his current deal at Anfield, although there is an option for a 12-month extension.
However, the 41-year-old Northern Irishman could be rewarded with a longer, more lucrative deal due to the giant strides made by his team this season, although he said recently that he was in no rush to enter talks over a new contract.
Liverpool find themselves in a Barclays English Premier League title race less than two years after Rodgers took over with Sunday’s 3-0 demolition of arch-rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford putting them just four points behind leaders Chelsea with a game in hand.
“Brendan has been a revelation.
“He keeps tinkering and tweaking formations, making little changes to personnel and pulls it off,” said Gerrard.
“He is a young coach who has earned the right to become Liverpool manager and from week to week he is improving and he has been an absolute breath of fresh air to this club.
“I never judge a player, a manager or a member of coaching staff before I have actually met them face-to-face and when you see them day-to-day I have been absolutely blown away by the sessions, by his maturity in the job.
“I am learning off him every day. When you become a more experienced player you look to see how the manager does — if he does the same things.
“He has been fantastic for myself and I am sure the other players will echo what I am saying. — Sky Sports.
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