The contract extension which will keep him at Anfield until the summer of 2013.
"It's hard to imagine doing anything else like playing, coaching, managing or scouting for another team," said the 33-year-old Bootle-born defender recently.
"I've been with Liverpool ever since I was a young boy so not being part of this club would be difficult.
"When I say life I mean it. I want to stay here. When I say that, it's not talk, I really mean it."
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