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.
Former Rangers defender Calvin Bassey was reportedly wanted by English Premier League leaders Arsenal before his big money summer move to Ajax.
The Nigeria international left Rangers in a bumper £19 million summer switch but has received some criticism from the Dutch media having failed to live up to his hype in the Champions League and Eredivise early in his Ajax stint.
The 22-year-old has been charged with filling the void left by Lisandro Martinez after the centre-back left for Manchester United as part of Erik ten Hag's Old Trafford overhaul.
However, things could have been very different for Bassey with former Ibrox midfielder and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta keen on taking Bassey to the Emirates, according to the player's agent.
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