Steven Gerrard hired for full-time role with Liverpool

"It feels like completing the circle; returning to the place where professionally it all began."

Steven Gerrard is to return to Liverpool as an academy coach next month, the club have announced.

The 36-year-old, who made 710 appearances for the Merseysiders and is one of the greatest players in the club's history, will take up a full-time, wide-ranging role at the Reds' Kirkby youth complex.