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 stunning European improvement brings tangible ranking reward as Celtic slump laid bare
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers aren't far off their highest-ever place in the table - 42nd - which was posted shortly before the 2008 UEFA Cup final against Zenit St Petersburg.
And they have climbed almost 200 places since the arrival of Steven Gerrard in summer 2018. Celtic meanwhile are 82nd in the table, nestled between Augsburg of Germany and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv.
That represents a drop of 23 places since just the start of November as the Parkhead club continue to decline under Neil Lennon.
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