Steven Gerrard<\/a> insists he is still as good as ever after recovering from a lengthy lay-off with a groin injury.<\/span><\/p>\nGerrard has missed a huge part of the Kenny Dalglish revolution through injury, and there had been suggestions that his surgery had not been successful and that he was unlikely to return as the same player he was before.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cTo be honest it gets to the stage with me that if there are no rumours about my private life or my football it\u2019s not normal,\u201d said Gerrard in an article in The Liverpool Echo.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m used to it all. I\u2019ve heard the whispers \u2013 Gerrard is finished and he\u2019s not going to be the player he was.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI can\u2019t worry or concentrate too much on what fans or people in the press are whispering to themselves. I can\u2019t control all that. If people believe that\u2019s the case then they will be in for a surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHearing stuff like that doesn\u2019t give me any extra motivation. The motivation for me is to captain this team to a successful season. I\u2019m looking to come in, strengthen the squad and push on with the lads to hopefully have a good year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nGerrard will be coming back into a Liverpool side that now boasts a formidable midfield with the summer additions of Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing, but has brushed off suggestions he will have to reinvent his game now he is the wrong side of 30.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve had a good rest. Of course I didn\u2019t want that rest but I\u2019m sure it will help me because I\u2019ve played non-stop football since I was a young lad.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThat\u2019s the way I see it when I\u2019m 35 or 36 but I\u2019m only 31.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThere will be no reinvention. I\u2019ll come back the same player as I was. I still feel I\u2019ve four or five years at the highest level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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