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.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Paul Pogba told how to adapt to new Manchester United role after Bruno Fernandes signing
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United legend Bryan Robson has insisted that Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba can play in the same team and compared the pair to Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.
Fernandes has been an instant hit at Old Trafford after arriving from Sporting Lisbon in the January transfer window. The Portuguese midfielder has added an extra dynamic in the centre of the park, which was sorely missed in Pogba's absence.
Pogba has missed most of the season through injury and, as a result, is yet to feature in the same team as Fernandes. Robson believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can accommodate both players in the same team and likened the situation to England's dilemma over the use of Gerrard and Lampard in the same XI. "They are both special
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