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02nd Jan 2015

Xabi Alonso wins Twitter with his tribute to Steven Gerrard

Pure class from a classy operator

Evan Fanning

Gareth Barry would never be able to tweet something as good as this

Tributes have been pouring in from the sporting world for Steven Gerrard, who is not dead. Nor has he retired. He’s simply said that in six months he’s going to start playing football for someone else.

The praise has mostly been heartfelt and deserved but hands down the most fitting and apt tribute has come from Gerrard’s former team-mate at Liverpool Xabi Alonso.

Well played, Xabi.

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