Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has declared Steven Gerrard a "world great".

Gerrard has left Liverpool for LA Galaxy.

"The way I would describe a great player is someone who could go and get into any team in the world," says Souness to LFCTV.

"There were a good five or six years where Steven could have done that, and I think that says everything.

"He could have gone to Real Madrid, he could have gone to Barcelona, he could have gone to Juventus or the big Italian teams at the time, and got in their team and would have been welcomed.

"And that puts him down, in my book, as a great player - one of the world greats."