The footballer of the year goes to ... Steven Gerrard.

The season is finally over with Liverpool coming so close to the Premiership Title. It's also a record-breaking league points since the 1980's having to finish 2nd in the league. At least we all know, The Reds with mostly young bloods are well-prepared for the next season. With rising stars such as Benayoun, Dosenna, Skrtel working alongside with duo, Stevie G & Torres is going to be the best attacking formation & strategy of 4-5-1.

And how we could ever forget with the recent FWA (Football Writer's Association) for picking Steven Gerrard as the player of the year for 2009. Despite his discouraging fitness level and dealing with injury problem for the past few weeks, he managed to return with his undeniable magnificent performance & goal spree both in Champions League and EPL. So, I would say he deserved more than any players for this award.

From the official website:

“I’m delighted but I’m a little bit surprised.

“When you look at the quality of the players there are in this league, it’s a great privilege to win this kind of award.

“It’s made even more special for me because I am following in the footsteps of Liverpool players like John Barnes, Steve Nicol and Kenny Dalglish who were heroes of mine.

“Then further back players like Ian Callaghan and Terry McDermott who were heroes to my dad and so many other Liverpool fans.

“It’s not just the Manchester United players - when you look at the players the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal and other teams have got, they all have fantastic players throughout their squads now.

“The quality is getting better and better each year so to win this award is a great achievement for myself.

“But I’ve had fantastic help along the way from everyone at this football club.

“My family and friends come every time I play and everything I achieve in football they are a very big part of that because they are there for me 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“But the biggest thank yous have to go to the manager, the coaching staff and my team-mates.

“Individual awards are great but you don’t win them without great help from those people.

“I got a phone call from Ian and was debating whether or not to take the call because I thought I might have been in the papers for the wrong reasons!

“But when I did take the call and he delivered the good news it was a great feeling for me.”

Congrats to Steven Gerrard and it's been a great year for him!