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' transfer drive suggests Celtic's Ten in a Row bid will be a stroll - Gordon Parks
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers would suggest a recruitment drive of the standard required to bridge the significant gap between the champions and the pretenders to their throne.
There’s a quality and strength in depth within Neil Lennon’s Celtic squad which his counterpart Steven Gerrard can only aspire to acquire.
Scotland squad keeper Jon McLaughlin’s arrival follows defender Calvin Bassey’s move from Leicester plus permanent deals for two former loan players, midfielder Ianis Hagi and veteran striker Jermain Defoe.Good players, potential and unknown quantity among them – but well short of any changing of the guard.
The major issue for the Light Blues is that, man for man, they lacked the class to match Celtic, with keeper Allan McGregor and Borna Barisic.
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