Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard names shock pick for Premier League's GOAT midfielder as debate settled

Steven Gerrard has named his prime for the top midfielder successful Premier League history.

Gerrard, 45, volition everlastingly beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the finest midfielders to ever play successful the Premier League and is arguably Liverpool's top subordinate of each time.

During his 26-year enactment with the Reds, Gerrard worked his mode up the younker strategy earlier captaining Liverpool to triumphs successful the Champions League and the FA Cup, among different trophies.

In total, the Englishman made 710 appearances crossed each competitions for the Anfield club, scoring 185 goals.

In 2015, Gerrard near Liverpool for MLS broadside LA Galaxy earlier calling clip connected his vocation successful 2016.

During his clip successful the Premier League, Gerrard played with and against immoderate of the champion midfielders successful satellite football, but 1 stood out.

Steven Gerrard is simply a Liverpool and England legend. Image: Getty

Recently, erstwhile asked by TNT Sports to sanction the champion midfielder successful Premier League history, Gerrard said: "Roy Keane."

The 45-year-old went connected to sanction Luis Suarez arsenic the champion subordinate helium has played with, portion naming Paul Gascoigne arsenic England's top of each time.

Similarly to Gerrard, Keane made a sanction for himself playing successful the English game, having played for clubs similar Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.

During what was an illustrious vocation astatine the Red Devils, Keane lifted 7 Premier League titles and 1 Champions League among different accolades.

Speaking during a Q&A league successful Thailand past month, Gerrard was asked to prime betwixt Keane, Frank Lampard and Patrick Vieira.

The erstwhile Liverpool skipper replied: "I deliberation to complement my game, to marque maine better, the 1 that suits my crippled amended to play with would beryllium Roy Keane.

"They’re each fantastic players… each precocious quality, but Frank precise akin [to me]."

Gerrard continued: "Vieira [had] similarities arsenic good arsenic a small bit. But helium [Keane] is much similar Dietmar Hamann, [Javier] Mascherano and [would] assistance maine get forward."