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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukShane Duffy. They were given a major boost that it appears to be a straight shoot-out with West Ham for the centre back. Neil Lennon was non-committal when discussing new signings on Tuesday night but a centre back is needed.
He'll want to hold onto Odsonne Edouard and Kris Ajer though. Tom Rogic is likely to leave. Across the city and Steven Gerrard has made no secret of his wish to get a new midfielder.
A deal for Bongani Zungu appeared to fall through, but John Lundstrum is the latest linked from Sheffield United. Ross McCrorie joined Aberdeen and Greg Docherty is likely to head to Hull, while doubts remain over Alfredo Morelos' Rangers future.
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