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By Jack Gallagher Gary Neville has revealed Steven Gerrard turned down the opportunity to join Manchester United in 2004 for family reasons. The Merseyside-born midfielder joined the Liverpool academy aged nine in 1989, and after making his first-team debut in 1998, he would remain a fixture in the Reds’ starting lineup for the best part of the next two decades. In total, Gerrard went on to play 710 games for his boyhood club – the third-most in club history – and cemented his legacy as one of the greatest players to ever ply their trade at Anfield by inspiring Liverpool to UEFA Champions Leag…

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