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.
Aston Villa 'targeting move' for Luis Suarez with Atletico star out of contract
dailystar.co.ukAston Villa are lining up an ambitious swoop for Luis Suarez this summer which can only mean one thing … Steven Gerrard's getting the old band back together!The Atletico Madrid striker - who played alongside both Gerrard and Aston Villa star Philippe Coutinho at Liverpool - is out of contract next month and is understood to be open to a return to the Premier League, though his preference is to remain in Spain.Gerrard has stayed in regular contact with the 35-year-old and even used him to try and curry favour with his international team-mate Rodrigo Bentancur when Villa made a play for the midfielder back in January before the Juventus man chose Tottenham Hotspur instead.Although the transfer window doesn't officially open for a couple of weeks Villa have already made three signings as Gerrard looks to mould the squad in his image.
Coutinho has made his loan move permanent, while the signings of Sevilla's Diego Carlos and Marseille's Boubacar Kamara have also been confirmed.More arrivals are expected and Suarez could be the perfect short-term solution to the goalscoring issues Villa experienced in the latter half of last season.
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