GERRARD SET FOR A NEW CONTRACT TILL 2016

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will be offered a new contract this summer to keep him at Anfield until 2016.

The England skipper has one year remaining on his current deal and will be offered a one-year extension that will expire just beyond his 36th birthday.

Manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that a new contract is on the agenda.

He told the Liverpool Echo: “Steven will be one we look to get a contract to in the summer.

“With a year to go, it’s something we will address.

“I believe Steven will play beyond 2015. He is a player who has really shown his qualities this season.

“Come the summer, he will still only be 34. Looking towards the future, I still think he’s going to be a key part of our squad.

“He has dropped into a new position and played it seamlessly. His intelligence in the game is second to none. He is improving all the time.

“It’s one where he has been brilliant for me as a captain and as a player this season and I would like that to continue.

“Most clubs, especially bigger clubs, recognise now that once a player gets over a certain age you have to look at a contract’s duration.

“But for me Steven still has so much to offer and I really want him beside me here working on the field.”