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 Rangers and Celtic plus Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen eye signings
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic are looking for reinforcements, with a centre-back the priority at Parkhead. Initial talks have been held with Brighton's Shane Duffy, while Omar Colley of Sampdoria has also been linked.
Fans will be nervously eyeing the exit door after Neil Lennon's revelations though, with Odsonne Edouard, Kris Ajer and Olivier Ntcham likely to be attracting covetous glances.
It's a similar story at Rangers, where some exits will be welcome and others less so. The Ibrox club will be looking to ship out Jordan Jones and Greg Stewart, freeing up space in the budget for the dynamoc midfielder Steven Gerrard so desires.
The manager is determined not to lose Ryan Kent though, with a bid from Leeds United knocked back, while Alfredo Morelos will only go.
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