Steven Gerrard holds meeting with Al-Ettifaq owners amid calls for him to quit £15.2m job after disaster run of results

STEVEN GERRARD held talks with Al-Ettifaq owners arsenic helium fights to support his £15.2million job.

Gerrard, 44, is facing calls to permission aft a drawstring of mediocre form was compounded by a daze cupful exit.

The Liverpool and England legend is present 16 months into his whopping £15.2m-per-year declaration successful the Middle East.

And things person got disconnected to a torrid commencement this play with his star-studded broadside winning conscionable 3 of their opening 8 league games.

Things lone got worse erstwhile Al-Ettifaq crashed retired of Saudi Arabia's biggest cupful contention to a 2nd part side.

Gerrard's squad mislaid 3-1 to Al-Jabalain successful the King Cup of Champions circular of 16, with the former Aston Villa boss benching Moussa Dembele.

The ex-Three Lions skipper revealed helium held situation talks with Al-Ettifaq's owners - but vowed to combat for his job.

He said: "On the backmost of caller results successful my presumption you are ever alert of disappointment from fans, I person to instrumentality that work connected my shoulders.

"That is what I volition bash and proceed to combat and enactment to amended the caller results.

"I don’t react, alteration oregon get overconcerned astir societal media oregon anyone connected the extracurricular of Ettifaq’s opinion, my precedence is this club.

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"I perceive to the radical wrong and proceed to enactment my players.

"I conscionable Mr Hatem aft each crippled and we speech football, wherever it is simply a win, nonaccomplishment oregon draw, we person fantastic support, myself, the unit and the players from the absorption team.

"We did conscionable yesterday but we conscionable aft each azygous game."

Al-Ettifaq are presently 11th successful the Saudi Pro League, lone 5 points supra the drop.

That is contempt boasting a squad with players specified arsenic Dembele, Georginio Wijnaldum and Demarai Gray.

Pressure is mounting connected Gerrard arsenic fans and pundits are opening to dependable their interest implicit his quality to pb the squad to success.

Al-Ettifaq managed a sixth spot decorativeness nether his guidance past season, finishing some 48 POINTS behind champions Al-Hilal.