STEVEN GERRARD hates Charlton boss Les Reed for making him
feel like s***. And now the Liverpool skipper wants to flush Reed
closer to the Championship with a victory at The Valley
tomorrow.
Gerrard, 26, will never forgive Reed for the way he treated him
when he was an England coach under Kevin Keegan at Euro 2000.
Manchester City coach Derek Fazackerley is also blamed by Gerrard
for his Euro misery.
The Kop king said: To this day, I have no respect for Reed. I was
a young lad who had never been away from home to play football
before. The amazing attack comes from his best-selling book,
Gerrard: My Autobiography.
Under-fire Reed, who has won just once in five games since taking
over at Charlton, appeared to be unaware of Gerrards true feelings
towards him yesterday.
He said: Steven Gerrard came into the senior England squad for the
first time when I was working with Kevin Keegan. Ive got his
framed Euro 2000 shirt hanging on my wall saying Best wishes,
Steven Gerrard so I have come across him.
I think hes such a dedicated player, he loves playing for
Liverpool and he loves playing for England. Hell do whatever the
coach asks him to do. I personally think that in terms of England
hed be a fantastic driving force in the middle of the pitch. Hes
got talent but hes obviously got that extra mentality thats going
to take that talent somewhere and thats proved to be the case with
Steven.
