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Gerrard unlikely to make Liverpool playing return

Steven Gerrard is set to meet with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp but a playing return for the Anfield great remains unlikely.

Reports on Tuesday suggested the former England international and Liverpool skipper could return to his boyhood club to train, with a playing agreement also potentially in the offing.

The pair are likely to meet in the coming weeks although a return to Liverpool's midfield has not been discussed and is unlikely.

Following defeat to the Sounders in the MLS play-offs, Gerrard acknowledged: "It could be my last season as a footballer."

A loan return to Liverpool was also played down by MLS chief Don Garber last month, who is eager to avoid a repeat of the deal that saw Gerrard's former England team-mate David Beckham miss a chunk of the MLS campaign while in loan at AC Milan in 2009.