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.
Lee Johnson tells Rangers you're 'not as good' as Celtic amid unflinching title verdict
dailyrecord.co.ukLee Johnson believes Rangers were too quick to pull the trigger on Gio van Bronckhorst's Ibrox tenure - and he warns Michael Beale that Celtic are well clear of their city rivals.
Johnson is set to lead his Hibernian side as they go head to head in Beale's first competitive game in charge on Thursday evening.
But the Easter Road boss admits he was shocked that Van Bronckhorst isn't going to be in the other dugout and reckons the Dutchman can leave with his head held high.
Van Bronckhorst guided the Light Blues to the Europa League Final last season, and also steered them to Scottish Cup glory. However, a disastrous Champions League group stage campaign coupled with falling nine points behind Celtic in the Premiership title race resulted in the Dutchman being dismissed on November 21.
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