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.
Derek McInnes insists Manchester United icon Sir Alex Ferguson is 'a Kilmarnock fan' and reveals transfer talks
dailyrecord.co.ukDerek McInnes got the seal of approval from Sir Alex Ferguson after taking over as Kilmarnock boss. And the new Killie manager, who was delighted to get off to a winning start at Palmerston with a 2-0 win over Queen of the South on Saturday, admitted he’d opened talks with potential signings even before he’d been unveiled as the new manager.The former Aberdeen gaffer says he’ll utilise relationships with big name bosses like Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard to bring success to Rugby Park.Taking on a job in the Scottish Championship surprised a few people given his record at Pittodrie.
But legendary ex-Dons manager Ferguson has backed McInnes by telling him he’s now a Killie supporter. Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.He said: “Sir Alex has texted me to say he’s now a Killie fan, which was nice.“You have to use these connections in any way that it might help.“I had a text from Stevie on Thursday and I speak to Brendan regularly.“Ultimately, I want to get the strongest team and squad together at Kilmarnock.
Any way you can try and lean on people - you should try to utilise that.“I’m delighted to be in here, accepting the challenge of getting the club back into the Premiership.”McInnes has been linked with loan moves for Rangers duo Stephen
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