Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has declared he expects to play out his career at Anfield.
In choosing to reject Chelsea, the bond has grown stronger and, at 30, he now says he will finish his career at the club.
"Since the speculation about Chelsea emerged I've been asked that question a lot," he told the Daily Mail. "And I've always held my hand up and said, yes, it did turn my head at the time, mainly because of a lack of success that we had had at Liverpool. And the interest was not just from Chelsea. It was from a number of big clubs, so of course it's going to turn your head.
"But I'm well past that now. Well over it. I won't be going anywhere else. I'm 31 this summer and I tell myself every day that I made the right decision. I'm pleased because, when I look back on my career, I have no regrets. I would have regretted leaving Liverpool.
"People on the outside, who don't have the bond I have with the club, may not understand that. They will make judgments and say I could have won my trophies and earned more money if I had gone elsewhere. But that's not important to me because I still feel I can win a couple more trophies with Liverpool and, if I do, they will mean an awful lot more to me.
"It's more important for me to share the success I have enjoyed, and hopefully will in the future, with the people who live around me, the people who care about me and love me. The relationship I have with them is that special."
