Steven Gerrard has trained with Liverpool for the first time since leaving his boyhood club to join LA Galaxy.

Gerrard ended a 27-year association with Liverpool in January when he announced an 18-month deal with Galaxy worth around £4m a year though he later said he would have stayed with the club had he been offered a coaching role.

The Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp had appeared to hold open that prospect recently when he said: “Of course our doors are always open for him, that is clear. Stevie has a contract with LA Galaxy, he loves this club and he is a legend and when his contract has ended we can talk about different stuff.”

Gerrard, 35, who is back in England during Major League Soccer’s off-season, had said: “I’m going to go in for a couple of weeks and work with Mr Klopp so I’m really looking forward to that, to see what he’s about and try and learn a few things from him.”

Klopp, however, has ruled out any suggestion of Gerrard rejoining in a playing role, adding: “He’s a Liverpool legend, of course, but his contract as I know is in the USA.

“But now his break starts and I told him: ‘When you are here, of course you can come whenever you want, you can train with us if you think it is good for you.’”