Manchester United legend Paul Scholes is surprised by Steven Gerrard's decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season.

Scholes wrote in the London Evening Standard: "I have said before that Steven Gerrard should still be good for another two seasons at Liverpool.

"That he has decided to leave in the summer will have been a difficult call. The hardest part is deciding when to do it. You ask yourself: do I still have the legs to carry on at this level or am I going to end up playing 15 to 25 games a season, and become a bit of a museum piece?

"I went through it myself and retired too early the first time. My preference was to play for Manchester United or no one else. I never wanted to play for any other club, whether that was in the United States or elsewhere, but I can see the attraction for Gerrard. I always thought he would stay at Liverpool and then move on to the coaching staff in the same way that Ryan Giggs has at United."