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.
Joe Rothwell in Rangers transfer link as Steven Gerrard 'chasing' former Manchester United prospect
dailyrecord.co.ukManchester United academy, enjoying loan spells at Blackpool and Barnsley before leaving Old Trafford to join Oxford. After becoming a pivotal figure for the U's, he was snapped up by Blackburn Rovers where again he has gone on to become a key cog in the Championship side's midfield.
Now the Scottish Sun state Steven Gerrard is hoping to tempt the 26-year-old into joining him at Ibrox. It's understood that Rangers are one of the front-runners to sign Rothwell on a pre-contract in January, with Blackburn desperate to generate some cash for the England under-20 international.
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