Gerrard almost joined Chelsea in June 2004 for ?20m, and again 12 months later, for ?32m, after the Anfield captain reacted to the interest by submitting a transfer request. He changed his mind only after his family received death threats and a fan burned his replica shirt live on Sky TV
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Jamie C:
"When my leg was broken in an horrific tackle by Lucas Neill in September 2003, my mates were ready to hunt him down if I gave the go-ahead.
A few weeks later I received a phone call. "You won't believe this, Jay. We're in the Trafford Centre and Lucas Neill is walking straight towards us. What do you reckon?"
Did I really want Neill to take a crack? "There's only one problem," added the voice. "Little Davey Thommo is with him."
That was that. I could hardly let one of my best mates, David Thompson, now a Blackburn player, become a witness to an assault. Besides he'd have recognised the attackers. The impromptu mission was aborted and I sent a text to Thommo telling him Neill should give him a hug of thanks.
As word got back to Blackburn about the near miss, or should that be hit, their coach Terry Darracott, a Scouser, appealed to one of my friends to call the boys off. I agreed."
Pure class :-p oh by the by, april 15th, 1989 (my 16th birthday) I was at Hillsborough, were you? I have nothing but the utmost respect for your club and fans, I wrote to the enquiry, attended memorials. If you can't take a bit of banter my bad, one thing I'll say for united is they can cope with a piss taking. Oh and sure I'm bitter about forest being so shite for so long but at least I can admit we are without banging on about the past............
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