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 in Rangers vs Celtic admission as Ibrox boss targets supporter return
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard has admitted that having fans at the next Old Firm clash would be great - but is willing to play it behind closed doors if they have to.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon had called for the first derby of the season to be pushed back if fans aren't allowed in stadiums until 2021.
But Gerrard insists that they'll deal with it whatever way it falls, with the first derby of the season set to be played at Celtic Park when the fixtures are finally released.That means it's more like that the derby at Ibrox later in the year is more likely to have supporters in the ground but that also remains a serious doubt.
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