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.
There was a chance to leave for big bucks - but Alfredo Morelos' decision to stay might be one some at Rangers could be thinking about amid his contract saga according to a former coach.The striker has faced criticism this season in the final year of his Ibrox deal but netted twice during a 5-2 victory over St Mirren on Saturday, that takes the gap at the top of the Premiership down to nine points ahead of Celtic's match with Kilmarnock on Sunday.
There's been no word on a new deal for Morelos and ex-midfielder Kevin Thomson wonders what could have been for player and club ahead of a big summer for manager and former assistant Michael Beale.Back in 2019 while Steven Gerrard was boss, it was reported Morelos turned down a money-spinning move to Chinese club Hebei Fortune.
He was claimed to be after a move in Europe with Lille prominently linked, but again nothing happened and the rumour petered out.
Thomson was speaking to a caller on the BBC's Sportsound and when it was put to him that Morelos could have been sold by Rangers for millions a couple of years ago, the former Ibrox youth coach responded emphatically by saying it was the player's decision not to go to China while insisting the club turned down Euro advances.The pundit said: "He didn't want to go.
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