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.
READ MORE: Steven Gerrard 'under real pressure' - and Aston Villa 'won't copy Forest's U-turn'It used to be the fans that get you sacked but now the board will also compare themselves with other clubs and say 'they are nowhere near as big as us, yet they're above us.' I find it worrying for Villa at the moment because there are no bankers to go down.
You expect them to be near the top half but this season, you don't have Norwich or Watford, who are usually dead certs for relegation.
If I had to pick one, I'd maybe say Nottingham Forest but even that's a lazy assumption. Villa have to be careful because, at the moment, there aren't many teams that are playing worse than them.
You've only got to look at Mikel Arteta to determine Gerrard deserves more time to put things right. Let's be honest, bar this season where Arsenal bought Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko - Villa could have signed any one of the other players Arteta and Edu have brought in.
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