Tuesday 22 November 2016 16:02, UK
Jamie Carragher believes it will only be a matter of time before Steven Gerrard enters management, despite revealing the former Liverpool captain has turned down the chance to take over at Milton Keynes Dons.
Gerrard emerged as a shock contender to succeed Karl Robinson at the Sky Bet League One club after announcing his departure from MLS side LA Galaxy last week.
Carragher struck up a close friendship with Gerrard during their years together at Liverpool and suggested the 36-year-old may have taken the role if the offer had come six months down the line.
"I just don't think he fancies it. He's only just got back, he was in the States and his family didn't go over there fully, so I think it would be a big move to then move down to Milton Keynes," Carragher told Monday Night Football during a Twitter Q&A.
"It maybe came a bit too early, if it was six months or 12 months down the line then maybe there would have been a good chance of it happening.
"I don't think he is fully ready, he's still got to get coaching badges, that's not to say he couldn't do the job, but I think he maybe wants to get more experience.
"I think it's great that is making noise that he wants to go into management. I think if he would have taken the job it would have been a good decision in terms of the club.
"Sir Alex Ferguson always said don't pick your club, pick your chairman and I think that chairman (Pete Winkelman) gave Karl Robinson plenty of time, a good five or six years.
"He gave Roberto Di Matteo and Paul Ince a chance and their first jobs in football. He certainly seems a chairman that gives a young manager a job, so I think it may have been more the chairman than the club that would have enticed him to go there.
"He's turned that down now, but the fact that he has spoken to a club means more clubs will be showing an interest and I think it will only be a matter of time."
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