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.
Gio van Bronckhorst sees Rangers land on their feet as his medals dwarf Steven Gerrard's haul - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukIf timing is everything in football then Rangers may just have won themselves a watch. Yes, the men in charge of the club may have been caught in a state of paralysis when Aston Villa crashed through the front doors to carry out a ram raid on Steven Gerrard and his entire coaching staff.
Now that Gerrard and his entourage have disappeared, it does feel as if the Ibrox regime may have landed on their feet quite unexpectedly.
That Gerrard’s decision to cut and run came at a moment when the likes of Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Frank Lampard are currently out of work is a happy coincidence where director of football Ross Wilson is concerned.
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