Steven Gerrard calls Manchester United's Roy Keane the best ever Premier League midfielder

Gerrard admits he was bemused by Ferguson’s average jibe.

Liverpool and England legend Steven Gerarrd admits he wants to ask former Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson about the average jibe made by the Scot as per the Mirror. In his autobiography the legendary Scot described the LA Galaxy man as "not a top, top player".

In a recent interview, when the former England captain was asked to come up with one question to ask anybody in sport, Gerrard was quick to reply saying “I’d ask Alex Ferguson, ‘Do you really think that I am average?'," he told the Daily Mail.

When Ferguson’s autobiography was first released, the average quote about Gerrard caused a lot of controversy and angered a lot of Liverpool fans. Gerrard tried to shrug off Ferguson’s criticism by saying he had to tried to sign him at the age of 13.

“I had a letter off them, wanting to sign me on a seven-year deal when I was 13 years of age," Gerrard told BT Sport. “Then he tried to sign me again in early 2002/2003. I obviously refused, so I can’t really take it to heart too much."

Also during the interview the Reds legend was asked to rank himself among the Premier League’s greatest midfielders of all time, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Patrick Viera and Frank Lampard.

“Keane [is] No 1,” he replied. “The rest? They’re all different. Frank’s the best goalscoring midfielder, Scholes the best footballer, Vieira the most difficult opponent... I loved playing against all of them.”

Reflecting on his last season at Anfield, Gerrard admitted that a positon on the bench was the main reason for him to move to the MLS saying “Ability-wise, I could still play but physically I couldn’t play every game at my age,” Gerrard says in an interview with MailOnline.

“I didn’t enjoy being sub last season. I didn’t enjoy not knowing if I would be in the XI or not. I didn’t enjoy when Liverpool were in the Champions League, the idea that I might have to miss matches. I struggled to get my head around it. Maybe that was selfish of me but I had gone a long time playing every single game.”

A player coach role might have persuaded Gerrard to stay

However, there is one way which Gerrard says he would have accepted a reduced playing role in order to remain at Liverpool – by joining the coaching staff, much like how Ryan Giggs did at Man United.

“Those ideas were only mentioned to me after I had announced I was leaving. I could have been a good squad player, a good sub, as well as getting management experience that money can’t buy,” the Liverpool legend said.