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.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Kenny Dalglish backs Rangers and Steven Gerrard to deal with Celtic challenge as he points to 'enormous demands'
dailyrecord.co.ukKenny Dalglish believes Rangers will deal with any challenge coming their way from Parkhead as the club continue their search for a new manager.
Ange Postecoglou is close to becoming Neil Lennon's replacement at the Hoops but he or any other candidate faces an almighty task to take on Steven Gerrard.
Gerrard celebrated a hat-trick of Manager of the Year prizes, scooping awards from the Scottish Football Writers, SPFL and PFA Scotland.Despite the Double heroics of Callum Davidson at St Johnstone, Dalglish believes it's still his former player at Liverpool that deserves all the honours.
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