Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore has quashed calls to re-sign Steven Gerrard in a madcap scheme to finally land him a Premier League winners' medal.
Some supporters urged the Anfield to bring back the Rangers boss and play him for one game as they close in on a first league crown for over 30 years.
The title was the one piece of silverware that eluded Gerrard during his 17-year Liverpool career.
Moore was asked about the possibility of hiring the Liverpool icon during a questions and answers session at the Cape Town Official Liverpool Supporters Club in South Africa.
But he reluctantly had to dismiss the unlikely plan.
Moore said: "Let me explain what would have to happen.
"So the question is, 'can we bring Steven Gerrard back to get a Premier League medal?' and the question I ask you is: which player do you want to cut from the squad to make that happen?
"If you haven't noticed, he's the employee of a different football club at the same time as well.
"Look, we all love Stevie G and we're all very proud of him for his managerial career, but I keep seeing this 'bring him in on a five-day contract so he can win a medal.'
"But it just doesn't happen that way. Chemistry in a dressing room is important.
"Can you imagine that? That you have to cut a player, to say 'you're not going to get a medal'?
"It's not like they're handing these things out to everybody, you've got a squad, right? And also, you can't add a player to a squad once it's locked.
"Other than that, it's really possible!"
