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 Rangers change he wants to see but admits 'I don't make the rules around here'
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard insists managers should have more options from the bench than the seven now allowed in Scottish Premiership matches.
Gerrard watched his side see off Livingston 3-0 on opening day to make a strong start to their title defence with main rivals Celtic still to play Hearts later on Saturday evening.
However, the Ibrox boss had to make an early change as first goalscorer Ianis Hagi had to be replaced early on and could potentially miss next week's Champions League qualifier at Malmo.
Gerrard reckons the SPFL should look at an extended subs list as he lamented having to leave big players out of his matchday squad of 18.This summer clubs opted to revert to the standard three substitutions per game after briefly switching to five.
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