Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has admitted his regrets over not staying at Anfield for another season.

The former captain left his boyhood club in 2015 to join LA Galaxy in the MLS, where he played out his final year in football.

But after taking over as Rangers boss earlier this summer, Gerrard reveals he could have extended his stay in the Premier League for another season, something he regrets not doing.

“I should have maybe played on for one more year. I regret not doing the extra year just because I miss playing so much,” he told the Daily Record .

“I speak to a lot of players who’ve come out of the game or players who are coming to the end, they couldn’t wait to get over the line to call it a day.

“I knew towards the end that I was finding it tough letting go – that’s just the way I am. Emotionally, it was tough. When you love your job and you work so hard to achieve your dream job to play for your boyhood team but you know that’s coming to an end.

“If you’ve had enough then it’s probably not tough. But I felt that my Liverpool days came to an end probably a year too soon.”

Gerrard did insist that he enjoyed his time in America though, but said it was the right time to leave after 18 months.

“I went to LA Galaxy in America to come out of Liverpool, just to breathe,” he added.

“My wife got pregnant while I was out there in the MLS and it just made sense to come back home. My time in America was the perfect time.

“Eighteen months was fine. It was enough. To go out and have a good think, a good debrief of my career, how it went. I can look back on it and be proud of the good times and reflect on the brutal times I had as well.”