Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers believes Steven Gerrard is capable of going into coaching.

Gerrard will leave Anfield at the end of the season.

"I do genuinely believe that he is that type, he can offer great advice," said Rodgers. "It's whether it's something that he wants to do.

"When players retire and finish, they have been in this cauldron for so many years and especially with the eyes on you at a club like this here.

"They move away and they might find that after a year or two out of it, it's actually not something they want to do and there are other opportunities for them that are maybe less stressful than moving into coaching and management.

"That's something that he'll find out in his time away from the football club. From my perspective here, the experience that he has of Liverpool as a club and those little bits of gold dust that he can give players would be invaluable to young players.

"But moving into coaching and management is not something you just click your fingers and move into. There's a lot of work, lot of hours, lot of time and a lot of commitment that has to go into that."