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 on the 'lively' Rangers training session that's jolted his Europa League belief
dailyrecord.co.ukFocused Steven Gerrard has warned his players to avoid the sound of silence at Ibrox if they want to make a noise behind closed doors in Leverkusen.
The Rangers boss will reluctantly embrace an advantage he does not want from a world health crisis few could have foreseen. However, Gerrard admits the prospect of playing in front of the empty tribunes at the Bay Arena next Thursday will count for nothing unless they remain relevant after the round of 16 Europa League first leg.
A capacity crowd of 50,000 will roar on their favourites against the Bundesliga high-fliers as realisation slowly dawns that coronavirus could cost the Scottish game its audiences after the weekend round of Premiership fixtures.
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