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.
The World Cup is producing major talking points and some signings for Scottish Premiership clubs. There is plenty of live football to get stuck into but it's worth remembering the transfer window is just over a month away.
Celtic got a close look at Alistair Johnston in action for Canada and the news broke during their clash with Croatia that a fee has now been agreed.
The Scottish champions are preparing a plan for life after Josip Juranovic - who was on the winning side of that encounter - with talks over a contract extension breaking down.
At Rangers QPR boss Michael Beale is set to succeed Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Big decisions over Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent will be high up on the agenda should he take charge.
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