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 gives Celtic and Rangers manager backing as he praises 'both barrels' approach to wantaway stars
dailyrecord.co.ukKenny Dalglish insists the managers on both sides of Glasgow's great divide were right to question their players' commitment in public.
First, Rangers boss Steven Gerrard criticised Alfredo Morelos last week leading up to his exclusion from the squad in the 2-0 home win to Kilmarnock.
Then Hoops counterpart Neil Lennon slammed unnamed members of his team for wanting to leave the club in the wake of a body blow Champions League exit to Ferencvaros on Wednesday night.
Dalglish notes the differences between the two gaffers' comments - Gerrard's claim was focused on just one player while Lennon kept the identity of the several wantaway stars secret.But the Liverpool icon - who managed the Reds along with a caretaker spell at Parkhead - insists.
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