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.
11 next Rangers manager candidates if Steven Gerrard takes the Aston Villa job
dailyrecord.co.ukFollowers of Rangers were under no illusions suitors would be sniffing about Steven Gerrard due to his sterling work at Ibrox.
Last season's record-breaking Premiership title romp and consecutive trips to the last 16 of the Europa League have put him on the English Premier League radar .
And now Aston Villa are poised to strike with Gerrard understood to be keen on discussing the job from which Dean Smith was axed at the weekend.
Swirls linking him with Newcastle came to nothing but this has felt authentic due to his close bond with Villa decision maker Christian Purlow when the pair were at Liverpool.Rangers need a plan and they will have one, clubs always prepare for the worst and a host of candidates will surely be tempted by Ibrox if
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