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.
Boyhood Rangers fan Oli McBurnie has revealed how close he came to a move to Ibrox when Steven Gerrard took over at the club.
And he believes he will still play for the Ibrox side before the end of his career, although admits that it would be financially impossible any time soon.McBurnie was sold by Swansea to Sheffield United last summer for £20million but 12 months before he could have been making his way north of the border.The Scotland international has revealed details of a meeting with Gerrard and Gary McAllister shortly after they took over at Rangers.
McBurnie was in Dubai with Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor and admits he probably wasn't in the right shape for such an important meeting.
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