Jamie
Carragher has today announced that he is to leave Liverpool Football Club at
the end of the season and will be retiring from football.
The Reds
defender has enjoyed a glittering career at Anfield, having joined the club's
youth system aged nine before going on to make his first-team debut in January
1997 against Middlesbrough. He has subsequently made more than 700 senior
appearances for Liverpool, winning a host of major honours. He is second only
to Ian Callaghan in the club's all-time appearance table.
The
35-year-old has made the announcement this week to end speculation surrounding
his future.
He will
continue to concentrate his efforts on helping Brendan Rodgers' side achieve
success in the Barclays Premier League this season and the on-going Europa
League campaign.
Carragher
said: "This will be my last season at Liverpool and my last as a
professional footballer.
"I'm
making this announcement now because I don't want the manager or the club to be
answering questions on my future when I've already decided what I am going to
do.
"I
will be fully committed between now and the end of the season to doing the very
best for Liverpool Football Club, as I've done my entire career since joining
aged just nine-years-old.
"It
has been a privilege and an honour to represent this great club for as long as
I have and I am immensely proud to have done so and thankful for all the
support I have had. There are many memories I want to share and people to
thank, but now is not the time for that.
"I
won't be making any further comment on this decision until the end of the
season; all our focus and concentration should be on achieving the best
possible finish in the league this season and trying to win the last remaining
trophy we are competing in."
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