The former Liverpool player, who played along with Gerrard last season, feels sorry for the Liverpool star but half expected the injury to occur.

"It's a bad thing for Stevie and I feel very sorry for him, but I think he already had problems from a long time ago," The Tottenham man said.

"Last season, certainly when I was there at Liverpool, he had problems. So I'm not surprised there are problems now."

"He's still young and he can play in many, many more World Cup finals - but at the moment I'm sure he feels terrible and I have great sympathy for him."