Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has paid tribute to Steven Gerrard.

Gerrard announced yesterday he would not be renewing his current deal, which expires in June.

"When I think about Steven Gerrard's career at Liverpool, I am filled with gratitude," he wrote in his column in the Daily Mirror.

"I don't want to single out one goal or one performance. I just want to say I feel lucky that he was a Liverpool player and that I saw him play.

"He lifted his team to the most prestigious title in the game. He led the club in that astonishing victory in Istanbul in 2005.

"At that stadium on the outskirts of the city, he wrote his name even larger in the history of his club.

"So I hope that in the next six months, the last six months of his career in Liverpool, people take the chance to come and say thank you to him.

"He has made a massive contribution to the club for a long time and that is why he is revered on Merseyside and beyond. Liverpool are lucky to have had a player like him and a man like him for so long."