Under Benitez, Liverpool will never win the Premier League. Fact. Yes, Gerrard and Torres are pure class, but the rest of the squad are too mediocre. Benitez continues to fork out small sums for average players (Paletta, Pennant, Pelligrino, Bellamy, Gonzalez, Garcia etc.), and gives them a few weeks in the first team and off they go! The point is not whether Gerrard & Torres stay, but if they can be supported by similar quality players! 5 years of 3rd & 4th placed finishes, perhaps an FA cup to follow...

Nick , Peckham, London

If he wants to win the premiership; surely he must join Manchester United!

Rob, London,

Why oh why does a team have to come top of everything all the time to be called a "big club"? So Liverpool are "awful" in the Premiership? What rubbish! Man U have been generally brilliant over the season. Chelsea only get a look-in when the young and talented Arsenal stumble. Liverpool are in their first season with the outstanding Torres and a little more rebuilding to do.
So they won't win the PL this year. They're still great, or will we have to Say that Bayern Munich are now not, (only in the UEFA cup) and neither are Real Madrid (out of the CL early). Neither are Inter, Milan, etc., etc.
There's an excitement about Liverpool that is the envy of the world!

Roger, Milan, Italy

Be realistic!! Just look at Gerrad's attutide and body language. He will not leave Liverpool!!! No shame for other clubs wanting to sign him. And Liverpool will won the championship in the near future!!! Give Benitez time like Man U gave Fergie!! No matter what other clubs faithfulls have to say, the time will tell !!

Jeantha, Gordons' Bay, RSA

You do wonder when journalism stopped. Did the reporter even consider the timing of this piece so did he just submit the report verbatim from Chelsea's PR dept.

Steve, london, England

As a Chelsea fan (there don't seem to be many here) I want to say that I would much rather see Grant leaving than ten Steven Gerards arriving. We have played awful football this season and are fast becoming a shadow of the team that Jose Mourinho had built. Grant trying to cover up his talentlessness as a manager by buying up obvious 'bound-to-be-good' players like Gerard will see Chelsea fail in increasingly spectacular fashion until we are the most hated and most justifiably mocked team in Europe. I expect Liverpool to beat us in this semi-final. Properly this time - not through non-goals and penalty shoot-outs.

Gabriel Casey, Belfast,

James from london... You state Benetiz is only with liverpool because he gets lucky in Europe.
2 Champion league finals in 3 years, and Liverpool are now looking for the fourth champ league final....... lucky?, i think not.
Manchester United Lucky?, indeed. No one ever seems to spot that Manu have have won the Prem League for the past 10 years by scoring last minurte goals... Like yesterday, aganist Blackburn.

vish, beds,

Gerrard will never leave liverpool. He will fail if he leave. Next year there will be a great chance for liverpool to win the premier league after the arrival of the increddible torres

G karmi, lierpool,

I don't think Gerrard will sign up for Chelsea because they are pathetic. They want him so bad and you cannot buy someone just because their team is in trouble. How can they even offer to buy him when he is at his weakest? I believe that Gerrard has the morals and more dignity to even put up with this nonsense.

Donna, Craigavon, Northern Irelan

"He changed his mind only after his family received death threats and a fan burned his replica shirt live on Sky TV."

Nonsense. He changed his mind because he realised there was only one team in the world he wanted to play for. Whether that's still the case, we'll see. As for joining Chelsea, no chance - Gerrard has too much common sense for that.

David, Arcachon, France

"He only changed his mind after his family received death threats and a fan burned his replica shirt live on Sky TV"

Thats absolute rubbish. Do you honestly believe that is the reason why he continues to play for Liverpool?

This story should have been left for the tabloids.

Mark, Reading, UK

thats the biggest load of tosh I have ever read
Gerrard to Chelsea
hahahah

tony, pontefract, west yorkshire

"if i won ten premierships at chelsea it would not mean as much as winning one at liverpool" ..........those were Steven Gerrard' words after the last saga finished. He has no intention of joining a tin pot club like chelsea. This article like all the others is true, chelsea do want to sign him but then so does every club in the world. simple fact is he has said he wants to stay at anfield for good. Lets face it compare the two clubs, you wouldnt swap steak for hamburgers.

Matt G, gillingham, UK