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.
Transfer news LIVE as Celtic and Rangers plus Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibs target signings
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic could, therefore, get a deal over the line for American defender Mark McKenzie. Neil Lennon may also pursue a goalkeeper but it's understood a move for Dundee United's Benjamin Siegrist.
But could he go after Fraser Forster? At Rangers, the club are looking to sign Colombian striker Juan Alegria. Steven Gerrard wants Ibrox bosses to tie down Glen Kamara on a new deal as he further underlined his quality against St Johnstone on Wednesday night.Elsewhere, Derek McInnes has revealed he'd be open to bringing Gary Mackay-Steven back to Aberdeen, but insists he has other priorities to deal with first.And several big names in the Premiership can speak to other clubs from New Year's Day - Motherwell's Allan Campbell and Declan Gallagher are.
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