Rafa Benitez says that Steven Gerrard would be welcome at St James Park if he wants to help Benitez in coaching. Gerrard pulled down the curtains on his illustrious footballing career after spending the last season with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy. The midfielder spent 19 seasons with Liverpool before switching his allegiance to the USA.
League one side MK Dons had offered him a coaching role but he turned it down. The 36-year-old midfielder won the famous 2005 Champions League for Liverpool against AC Milan.
Benitez said, “I think the club was talking about it having an ‘open door policy’.
“You are talking about a player with such a high level and who has been so good that he could be a coach anywhere.
“So I don’t think that he will say ‘oh, I will go to Newcastle’. Normally, he will say ‘I will go to Liverpool’.
“But if he wants to talk about that, then we can talk. Always, we have space for good people.”
