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.
Rangers and Celtic set for Brexit transfer boost as Scottish clubs get special permission for signing rule freeze
dailyrecord.co.ukJuan Alegria and Mark McKenzie. The Joint Response Group made a special appeal to the Home Office earlier this month.They are expected to be given the green light within 24 to 48 hours.It means Scottish clubs won’t have to follow the stringent guidelines that have already been outlined for England, now the United Kingdom has left the European Union.Scottish teams will be allowed to sign EU players freely and players who don’t meet the criteria could still be granted permits on appeal.Rangers boss Steven Gerrard could sign Colombian striker Alegria and Celtic ’s Neil Lennon could move for US international defender McKenzie.
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