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.
Steven Gerrard brushes aside Celtic exit question as Rangers boss talks up his own trophy desire
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard insists he's fully focused on forging his own path to silverware despite rivals Celtic's shock Betfred Cup exit.The Light Blues coasted into the quarter-finals with a 4-0 win at Falkirk but Neil Lennon's Hoops weren't so lucky as they crashed out at home to Ross County hours earlier.That result arguably means the competition is Gerrard's best chance to date at winning his first trophy at Ibrox - but he's only concerned who remains in the cup.And the Govan side will travel to Paisley in the quarter-finals to face St Mirren - who knocked out Aberdeen on Saturday evening - with victory spelling another trip to Hampden after going all the way to the final last time out.Asked on Premier Sports if the Betfred Cup is an even bigger.
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