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Steven Gerrard has given Liverpool fans a “wonderful” opportunity to see at first hand the incredible mementoes collected during a legendary career – and it’s set to be an unforgettable experience for every Reds fan.

The Steven Gerrard Collection will be officially launched next Monday at the LFC Museum at Anfield but visitors will be able to see it from Wednesday (June 24) onwards.

A sneak preview revealed that Gerrard has entrusted every aspect of his career back to the club, from shirts, to every medal he has ever won, to international caps. Special sections commemorate the Champions League final of 2005, the Gerrard FA Cup Final of 2006 and an England career which stretched to 114 caps.

The collection will be on show in a newly-created room at the Anfield museum for the next two years, allowing fans to share in the memories of a storied career – with comments often provided by Gerrard himself – while also keeping the irreplaceable memorabilia in a safe place.

GALLERY: More than 50 pictures from Steven Gerrard's personal memorabilia collection

Liverpool museum curator Stephen Done was the man who has lovingly pieced together what amounts to a virtual history of the club over the last 15 years.

He gave the ECHO a sneak preview of the collection and revealed how it came about.

Mr Done said: “At the end of last August I got a call and was invited up to Steve’s house in Formby. He just said to me: ‘I just thought some of the fans might like to see some of this’. And I said to him ‘correction – all the fans would want to see all of this’.

“He basically said ‘this is my private collection, would you be interested in borrowing it and put it in the museum? See what you can fit in, put it on display, change it around, whatever.’ When I managed to pick myself up of the floor in shock, I realised what Steve was offering. This was his whole, personal footballing collection of which just part is on display.

“Obviously we’ve tried to put the most exciting, most thrilling parts on display but there’s still an awful lot which we can’t shoehorn into the space, but it’s incredible isn’t it?

“We will change certain elements but obviously I’ve put the stand-out items in here. We went back and took the lot, we took everything.

“What we’ve got here is his interpretation of his career, what matters to him. I’m sure there’s other stuff that he’s given to friends and family but this is what he kept. It’s his idea and it was my job to work with a team of people at Liverpool FC to sort it in time for saying his final goodbyes as a send-off if you will.”

Video: Stephen Done on the Steven Gerrard collection

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Gerrard himself has not seen the final results yet but it sure to love what is a stunning addition to the Liverpool museum when he visits soon.

Mr Done described the feeling of searching through so much pieces of priceless LFC memorabilia.

“It was an Aladdin’s cave, it was like a sweet shop, it’s Tutankhamun, whatever analogy you want to use – I’ve never seen anything like it. You begin to realise he was saying all the medals, including his MBE which is a personal thing. There are all these shirts which were framed on the walls of all his great colleagues and footballing peers. There were literally binbags and boxes full of shirts and I’m talking really spectacular stuff. There were captain’s armbands and hat-tricks balls.

“Then there’s the England collection which is just enormous, you truly get an insight to what it meant to Steve to play for his country, it meant a lot.

“It’s extraordinary. Going through this collection and learning to study it, it’s really the history of football at the highest level since 1998. The shirts that you are touching and handling, and these awards that he has been given, the silverware. It’s such a privilege and such an honour.”

The shirt collection features rivals including Didier Drogba’s (2007 Champions League semi-final at Anfield), Andrea Pirlo’s Italian shirt, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Inter Milan shirt, Patrick Kluivert’s Barcelona shirt, Iker Casillas’ Real Madrid shirt and Manchester Unites shirts from Wayne Rooney and David Beckham. They sit alongside those of former colleagues including Luis Suarez, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Luis Garcia and Arlvaro Arbeloa.

Done, whose own career at Liverpool started in 1998 mirroring Gerrard’s, admits that looking after the collection is “terrifying” but says the player himself knows that Liverpool Football Club will look after the collection.

“This is about the fans. That’s one of the things we’ve all learned about Steve. He adores this club and he loves the fans. He’s a fan and still is a fan. He made it quite clear from that first discussion with him.

"He’s now leaving for another part of his career in America but what he’s done in effect is leave a wonderful collection for the fans to enjoy.

"It’s about the people, it’s his gift to them and it’s wonderful.”