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.
Rangers and Celtic face Europa League transfer D-Day as Scottish football approaches ultimate squeaky bum moment - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard reaching for a stiff drink, on Thursday night the two managers must also face monumental play-off matches which will determine if there’s a place for them in the group stages of this season’s Europa League.
At a time when money can seldom have been tighter, there will be a lot more than just their managerial reputations on the line.
As if they did not have enough to be getting on with, now they must shoulder the added responsibility of trying to pull a financial rabbit out of the hat at a time of unprecedented crisis.
If, for example, the cost of failing to deliver a fist full of UEFA’s euros had to be offset by the late sale of an Odsonne Edouard or a Ryan Kent then it could have a game changing effect on their respective.
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