Will the game ever be the same as Lampard, Gerrard and Xavi leave European Football?

The career of these 3 great midfielders was inspirational,one of the finest and dedicated to their clubs.

The Football fans would have possibly never imagined the game to be the same as we saw three of the greatest midfielders taking retirement from international duties followed by their move to the MLS and Qatar this year.

They were not just any ordinary names in the game,they were legends and the fan favorites and of course it was a huge blow to to them when the players announced their departure from Europe. No wonder they were going to get a grand farewell but their careers,goals and their playing style will be remembered forever. Also there would be millions out there who took these players as their role models who inspired them. The cheers and chants were possibly the loudest for them and their skillful moves had always energized the crowd. They were loved and supported even during their hard times and later these players later repaid the fans faith as ny becoming one of the best players on field.

The 1st player who announced his departure from his long stayed club was Englishman Frank Lampard who left the west London club Chelsea after 14 unforgettable years. Being the highest scoring midfielder in the Premier League history, it was definitely hard for the Chelsea fans to see him go. Some even considered him as the best ever player at the Stamford Bridge side. Lampard began his career at West Ham United, for whom his father Frank Lampard, Sr. had also played. He secured a place in the first team by the 1997–98 season, and the following year helped the team finish 5th in the Premier League, their highest-ever Premier League placing. In 2001, he moved to rival London club Chelsea for £11 million. In 2014, he was released by Chelsea after 13 years of service.

Frank Lampard celebrating after winning the Premier League in 2005 under Jose Mourinho.

From his début, he was ever-present in the Chelsea first team and made 164 consecutive Premier League appearances, a record for an outfield player. He established himself as a prolific scorer at the west London club and was a key part of the sides which won back-to-back Premier League titles in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and a domestic double in 2007. He signed a new contract in 2008, becoming the highest-paid Premier League footballer at that time, and scored in his first Champions League Final that year. He won a second FA Cup winners' medal in 2009, scoring the winning goal in the final. In the 2009–10 season, Lampard helped Chelsea secure their first league and FA Cup Double, and also had his most prolific season with the club, scoring 22 league goals and 17 league assists. In 2012, Lampard captained Chelsea to their first UEFA Champions League success and a year later to their first UEFA Europa League title. He was released by the club after the 2013-14 season.

A three-time Chelsea Player Of The Year Lampard is the club's all-time top goalscorer 211 goals in all competitions. Lampard is one of seven players, and the only midfielder, to have scored 150 or more goals in the Premier League. He is second in the Premier League's all-time assists table, behind Ryan Giggs. In 2005, Lampard was voted FWA Footballer Of The Year and was runner-up in both the FIFA World Player Of The Year and the Balloon d'Or. In 2010 he received the FWA Player SAward.

Internationally, Lampard was capped 106 times by England since his debut in October 1999, and scored 29 international goals. He was voted England Player Of The Year for two consecutive years in 2004 and 2005. He played in Euro 2004, where he was named in the team of the tournament after scoring three goals in four games. He was top scorer for England in their 2006 Worl Cup qualifying campaign with five goals, and played at three World Cups. He is England's most prolific penalty taker with nine goals, surpassing the previous record holders,Ron Flower and Alan Shearer.

After 13 years of service to the the Londoners, he was supposed to leave for the Major League Soccer side New York City FC in the summer of 2014. He was later loaned to by the MLS club to their part owners, English champions Manchester City. He made his debut for the Manchester club in an away game against his former club's rivals Arsenal as a replacement for injured Yaya Toure. During the !st clash between the defending champions City and the challengers Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, he came on as a 2nd half substitute to score against his former club but couldn't control his emotions and broke down as the away fans still cheered for him. His last game in the league was against Southampton where he scored the opener in City's 2 - 0 win over saints The memories of his spectacular goals and assists will surely stay in the hearts of the fans forever and has always played a part of an honest supportive role. 

Lampard thanking the fans after his last game for City.

Steven Gerrard.

Steven is considered as one of the best midfielders in the world and has been a phenomenal player. He started off his youth career for his boyhood club Liverpool FC. he was in the squad of the mersyside club from 1987 - 1998 and later got in the first team in the year 2000. Though there have been frequent arguments on calling him as the best center midfielder cause many think its his English national team's counterparts - Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard. His style of play was a feast to watch when the Anfield club had the likes of Xabi Alonso, Luis Garcia and Fernando Torres under then the manager Rafael Benitez.

 Gerrard has spent his entire Anfield career , succeeding Sami Hyppia as team captain in 2003. His honours include two FA Cup, three League Cup, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Cup, and two UEFA Super Cup. He has signed a contract to join MLS club LA Galaxy in July 2015, following the conclusion of the 2014–15 season with Liverpool.

Gerrard made his international debut for the England national football team in 2000, and represented his country at the 2000, 2004 and 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, as well as the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup – captaining the team at the latter two tournaments. He was named as the permanent England captain shortly before UEFA Euro 2012, where he was named in the UEFA Team Of The Tournament. Gerrard became the sixth player to win 100 caps for England in 2012, and is currently third in the country's all time appearance list. He ended his international career in July 2014, having won 114 caps.

Gerrard lifting the Champions League trophy in 2005.

Regarded to be one of the best English footballers of his generation, Gerrard came second to Kenny Dalglish the "100 Players Who Shook The Kop", a 2008 Liverpool fan poll, and first in 2013.Zinedine Zidane said in 2009 that he considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world. In 2005, Gerrard was honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year and won the Balloon d'Or Bronze Award. He has also been named in the PFA Team Of The Year a record eight times, the UEFA Team Of The Year and FIFA World 11 three times, and was named PFA Players' Player Of The Year in 2006 and the FWA Footballer Of The Year in 2009. He is, to date, the only footballer ever to have scored a goal in an FA Cup Final, a League Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and a Champions League Final. His performance during Liverpool's epic turnaround AC Milan in Istanbul in 2005 is one of the reasons that has has increased the clubs fans by more than a million.

                                                                              Xavi Hernandez.

The Spanish talisman has changed the game of Football during his prime at Barcelona and is the club's most successful player by winning the Champions League 3 times in 2006, 2009, 2011 and has been in the list of FIFA Balloon d'Or team of the year more than once.

Xavi came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, at the age of 11. He made his first-team debut against RCD Mallorca on 18 August 1998. Since then he has played 700 matches, scored 82 goals and made more than 180 assists for over 50 players. Xavi is the first player in FC Barcelona's history to play 150 international matches. Highly regarded for his humble persona and team ethos, Xavi is viewed as being the embodiment of the tiki-taka passing style of play, and is considered to be one of the greatest central midfielders of all time.

Xavi lifting the World Cup in 2010 is South Africa.

Xavi won the U-20 World Cup for Spain in 1999, and the Olympic Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympics. Since making his senior team debut in 2000, he has been capped 130 times for the Spanish National Team, and has been seen as an influential figure in the team's tremendous success. He played an integral role in Spain's victory at the 2010 World Cup, as well as their successes at both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012. He had a 91% passing success rate at the 2010 World Cup and was named in the World All-Star team. He was named Player of the Tournament by UEFA at Euro 2008. He was also named in the UEFA Euro Team Of The Tournament 2008 as well as 2012. Playing for Barcelona, Xavi won the Man of the Match award in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.

Xavi on his last game for Barcelona.

Xavi has won more trophies (25) than any other Spanish player in history. He won the World Soccer Player Of The Year award in 2010. Xavi has received five Balloon d'Or nominations, and finished in third place in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was runner up to Messi for the UEFA Best Player In Europe. He has been awarded the IFFHS World's Best Playmaker award for 4 years: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Xavi has been included in the UEFA Team Of The Year for 5 years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), and has been voted into the FIFA World 11 on 6 occasions: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. At Euro 2012, with his 2 assists in the Final, Xavi became the first player to register assists in 2 separate Euro finals, having set up the lone goal in the Final 4 years earlier. He was awarded the Prine Of Asturias  Award for Sports in 2012. After the 2014 World Cup, Xavi announced his retirement from international football.

His career had flourished very well under the management of Dutch manager Louis Van Gaal and his assistant Pep Guardiola who later took over in 2009.

There would be a different way of the game that we're gonna see next season as these men would leave for the USA and Qatar. Definitely, Football is not gonna be the same without these great personalities.