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.
Abdallah Sima granted Rangers transfer exemption as Michael Beale ready to U-turn over 'no loans' policy
dailyrecord.co.ukMichael Beale is prepared to U-turn on his ‘no loans’ policy in order to strike a deal to land Abdallah Sima from Brighton.The Rangers boss has previously gone on record as saying he would prefer to avoid tapping into the temporary transfer market as he pieces together a major summer rebuild.
But, while that remains the Englishman’s stance, Beale is prepared to make an exception to the rule where the 22-year-old Senegalese international is concerned.Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has already informed Sima he will be surplus to requirements at the Amex again next season, after the winger spent the last two campaigns farmed out to Stoke and French outfit Angers.
He has yet to make his debut for the Seasiders, two years after joining them for a fee of around £7m from Slavia Prague.But Sima caught Beale’s eye when starring for the Czech club in a bad tempered Europa league double header against Steven Gerrard’s Rangers in March 2021.
Slavia made it into the quarter finals, where they were eventually knocked out by Arsenal, but Sima’s scintillating form was enough to convince then Brighton boss Graham Potter to stump up a big money offer to take him to the south coast.De Zerbi, though, has yet to be convinced and wants the youngster to gain more first team experience elsewhere before considering him for contention in the Premier League.
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