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.
Neil Lennon slams Albian Ajeti charge as Celtic boss insists SFA bowed to pressure before not proven verdict
dailyrecord.co.ukAlbian Ajeti was cleared of a ban for diving.The Celtic boss admitted to being ‘flummoxed’ by the decision to fast-track the striker into the dock and hit the Swiss striker with a two game ban for simulation during last week’s 4-0 win at Kilmarnock.That suspension was quashed and described as ‘not proved’ after the Parkhead club’s legal team argued that Ajeti was sent sprawling by Killie keeper Colin Doyle, with Lennon adamant that the player should have had ‘no case to answer’.Lennon hinted heavily that Ajeti was only singled out after Rangers boss Steven Gerrard called for greater consistency after his star striker, Alfredo Morelos, was punished retrospectively for a stamp on Hibs defender Ryan Porteous.Another Ibrox hitman Kemar Roofe.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk