Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is optimistic that the club can become a force in English football and win the top-flight crown in the near future.
Gerrard will play his final match at Anfield when his side take on Crystal Palace later today before he ends his 17-year tenure with the Merseysiders to move to the Los Angeles Galaxy.
However, as he prepares to leave the club, the 34-year-old is upbeat about its future because of the talent manager Brendan Rodgers has at his disposal.
Gerrard is quoted as saying by The Mirror: "I have felt like that myself when those players have gone. Nobody feels it worse than the supporters when you love the club. But it always comes good. It is too big a club for it not to come good again. It mightn't be a short term thing, who knows? I hope it is.
"But I think we have got the right owners in charge, the right manager; I think there is a core of potential. The important thing for me – and this is my opinion – that if you can add some players to that who are ready.
"For me, I still feel there's a fantastic core of players here with huge potential. I still think we're close."
Gerrard has made 708 appearances for the Reds, scoring 185 goals in his 17 years at the club.
Simon Sinclair
