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 lined up by Aston Villa TWO YEARS ago as Rangers boss moves back on to EPL club’s radar
dailyrecord.co.ukAston Villa were lining up a move for Steven Gerrard almost TWO YEARS ago before Dean Smith pulled himself back from the brink.
Villa Park CEO Christian Purslow was set to axe Smith if they had lost a crucial fixture away to relegation rivals Burnley on Ne’erday 2020.
But goals from Wesley and Jack Grealish earned the Midlands giants a huge 2-1 victory to move them out of the relegation zone.And that earned Smith a stay of execution with Purslow racing on the pitch to celebrate at Turf Moor that day to illustrate how big a win it was.Explaining why Purslow was on the pitch that day, Smith said: “He’s just really pleased with the result, after the last performance we wanted to get something on the road and it’s a great way to start the
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