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.
Ryan Jack Rangers fitness update as Leon Balogun gets head knock all clear
dailyrecord.co.ukHibs have been dashed as the match has come too early for the midfielder.The Scotland star picked up an injury during his side's 4-0 win over Aberdeen on November 22 and has missed Rangers' last nine matches.While the Ibrox men sit 16 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, there is no doubt they miss the defensive nous of the former Aberdeen captain and Steven Gerrard admits his injury is taking more time than expected to heal.Asked if Jack would return, Gerrard confirmed: “Unfortunately not, no.“It has taken a little bit longer than we thought so that is just not clear at the moment.“I don’t really want to rush that so he won’t be available for the next one.” Defender Leon Balogun was back on the bench midweek and Gerrard.
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