Steven Gerrard to Manchester United? Who on earth would try such a thing? Oh, well, we are talking about Gary Neville here. The former United and England defender recalled his attempts to lure Liverpool’s legend to join Red Devil’s during 2004, but he also ‘dared’ to talk with Alan Shearer in 1996 too, as well as Wayne Rooney. And he was not the only one. Chelsea captain John Terry also tried to persuade Steve G to sign for Chelsea a year later. ’I was scoring against Brazil and Argentina, and Kane is scoring against San Marino’TV pundit Neville explained to Sky Sports his attempts to lure players to sign for Manchester United. “There were two or three times it happened with England with me, where I spoke to Alan Shearer during Euro 96, you know, I had a conversation with him. I was more junior at that time so I couldn’t have a serious conversation with him. Definitely with Wayne Rooney, we had a little chat. But he was a younger player, so you can’t put too much pressure on. With Steven Gerrard, it was a full-on assault. Let’s get him out of there. I want him out of there” recalls Neville. (2.30) IVORY COAST (3.05) EGYPT (3.80)Off course, that didn’t happen, as Gerrard gave him a short answer, and the same thing happened with John Terry years later. Steve G remained loyal only to Liverpool in England, and played for LA Galaxy at the end of his career, but a Chelsea ‘bait’ in 2005 was a really serious one, and some reports at the time were that he initially said yes, but soon changed his mind.“To be fair, Stevie’s answer, he said: “My family and I would never be able to go back to Liverpool ever again. It was a very short conversation. He was very loyal, Liverpool fans. John Terry probably got about ten minutes out of him and I got about 30 seconds” admitted Neville.
