Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
4 reasons Mauricio Pochettino Celtic link is bonkers as managerial shout shut down
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic have arrived to cap this year as one of the most bizarre in memory. The former Spurs boss has been out of work for a year now and Dundee midfielder Charlie Adam has now called on the Parkhead board to install the Champions League finalist as manager if Neil Lennon leaves his post.
In fairness, the 2016 arrival of Brendan Rodgers in Glasgow's east end did shift the Overton window of what kind of appointments were possible in Scottish football, reinforced to a similar degree by Steven Gerrard pitching up at Rangers two years later.
But former Southampton and Tottenham boss Pochettino seems an obvious bridge too far, for many reasons. Here are just four. Pochettino was dismissed by Tottenham Hotspur in favour of wily Premier League.
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