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.
Steven Gerrard given love for Leeds as Rangers boss Michael Beale predicts big managerial future
dailyrecord.co.ukMichael Beale has backed Steven Gerrard to get back into management and shake off his Aston Villa agony to relaunch his career.The former Rangers boss has been linked with the vacant Leeds United job after American Jesse Marsch was sacked by the Yorkshire club earlier this week.
A poor set of results led to his sacking with his last game coming against Nottingham Forest where Leeds lost 1-0. The Liverpool legend has been linked with a number of jobs since being sacked by Villa in October last year, including the Poland national team after Czeslaw Michniewicz stepped down in December.Rayo Vallecano head coach Andoni Iraola and Feyenoord's Arne Slot emerged as favourites for the Leeds job after another reported target, Carlos Corberan, signed a new contract with West Brom earlier this week.
Iraola was refused permission to speak to the Premier League club, while Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has also been linked. Now former River Plate boss Marcelo Gallardo is also one of the names in the mix, according to reports in Argentina.15 best Rangers training bullet points as Nicolas Raskin in the running to make his starting debut against ThistleFormer Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink backed Gerrard for the Leeds United job yesterday.
Beale did not mention Leeds in his press conference but backed his former boss to get back into management sooner rather than later.Beale said: "I haven’t spoken to Steven recently.
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