Steven Gerrard Admits That He Owned a Manchester United Kit as a Boy

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool through and through, but that wasn't always the case.

The Anfield hero has admitted that as a small boy, he liked pretty much everyone, including fierce Liverpool rivals Manchester United. 

Gerrard told FourFourTwo (h/t the Mirror):

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Up until the age of eight I could have supported anyone.

When I was younger I had all kinds of different kits: Tottenham, Norwich, Real Madrid, Barcelona... I even had a United kit.

We had a few Everton fans in the family who were trying to get me down the Blue road, but once I started understanding the game and listening to my dad and brother talk about Liverpool’s great history, that was it.

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A photograph of Gerrard wearing an Everton shirt has been doing the rounds on social media for a few years, but the United revelation is a new one:

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Young Everton fan Steven Gerrard poses with the club's trophies #efc pic.twitter.com/651yT41T9w

— Slow Sports News (@SlowSportsNews) January 5, 2015"

Last week, Gerrard admitted that he was leaving Liverpool at the end of the season and BBC Sport's Ben Smith reports he is expected to join LA Galaxy in the MLS.

[Mirror]