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Steven Gerrard to sign new Liverpool deal in next 24 hours

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will sign a new two-year contract at Anfield in the next 24 hours.


Talks between Gerrard's agents and Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre have been ongoing since the end of last season and the parties have reached an agreement that will see the England captain stay at Anfield past his 35th birthday.
Gerrard's current deal had been due to expire at the end of next season but manager Brendan Rodgers had made the future of the 33-year-old a priority.
It is now more than 14 years since Gerrard made his senior debut for Liverpool and this deal will ensure he spends his career with one club.
Liverpool depart on a pre-season tour of Australia and Asia later on Monday.
He started the first 36 of the Reds' Premier League games last season before missing the final two after bringing forward a shoulder operation.
Gerrard made his Liverpool debut on 29 November 1998 in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers.
Succeeding Sami Hyypia as club captain in 2003, Gerrard was the Reds' top goalscorer in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2008-09, and has scored a total of 159 goals in 630 senior appearances for the club.
His honours include one Champions League win, one Uefa Cup, two FA Cups, three League Cups, two Community Shields and two Super Cups.
Gerrard came close to joining Chelsea in 2005, requesting a transfer before performing a U-turn and signing a new deal with the Reds.
Former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said in 2012: "In this day and age there's not many people who go through their football career and represent just one club, especially people with quality like Steven.
"If you're happy where you're playing, you're enjoying what you're doing and you enjoy the football club I don't see any reason to move, and it's fantastic for us that he hasn't."

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