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.
Luis Castro 'contacted' by Rangers with Botafogo boss considered as Michael Beale alternative
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers have reportedly made an approach to Botafogo boss Luis Castro as they assess their options away from frontrunner Michael Beale.
QPR are bracing themselves for an official approach from Rangers seeking permission to speak to their manager and Les Ferdinand, director of football at the English championship side, has already confessed to Record Sport he will not stand in Beale's way if he wants to quit he quit just a year ago when he followed Steven Gerrard to Aston Villa.
However, the Ibrox board are not only narrowing their search to just one option and are weighing up alternative candidates to replace Gio van Bronckhorst.
Goal Brazil state that Castro has been contract by the Scottish Premiership side, and will be an option should Beale not step into the Ibrox hot seat.
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