"And I think that there probably won't have been too many who would have given it up with only a cap to go [to equal David Beckham's record of 115 caps for an England outfield player]," Rodgers says. "That tells you everything about him. Because he could have easily played on another season or so and broken that record and still been an influence on the players there. But he's obviously had time to think about it and realised at 34 where he wants to put his energy and focus which is into his family and into Liverpool."