Steven Gerrard has admitted he has had some thoughts about returning to Liverpool as the club's manager, even though he has described the role as "one of hardest jobs in the world" ahead of his Anfield farewell this weekend.
Gerrard will walk out at Anfield for the final time as Liverpool captain in Saturday's Premier League game against Crystal Palace, bringing down the curtain on a 17-year career with the Reds that has long since seem him hailed as one of the greatest players to have represented the club.
A spell in MLS with LA Galaxy beckons for Gerrard, but he has already thought about making a return to Liverpool in the future and he has his eyes on the job currently occupied by Brendan Rodgers.
"Being the manager of this club is probably one of hardest jobs in the world," Gerrard told Premier League productions.
"First and foremost you have to be good enough, got to be prepared for it and got to be offered it.
"We will have to wait and see. I don't want to jump into conclusions and create headlines. A lot of things would have to happen from now until then so we will have to wait and see, but it is something I have thought about so maybe one day."
Gerrard went on to reflect on his Anfield legacy, as he admitted the biggest regret of his time at Liverpool will be that he ended his career with lifting the Premier League trophy.
"A career is always full of high and lows the biggest regret is not having a Premier League winners medal," he added. "I would have loved one of those. That would have been the icing on the cake, but in life you can't have it all.
"In a perfect scenario I would have that, so of course I have had some low moments, some cruel moments as well along the way.
"But I think sometimes to achieve the good things and some highs you have to go through setbacks and feel disappointment and pain to bounce back and get the highs as well."
Tickets for Gerrard's Anfield farewell are now selling for around £2000 on websites, with ESPN revealing earlier this week that a guard of honour will be made for the Liverpool skipper as he walks on to the pitch for the last time as the club's skipper.