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.
Celtic and Rangers face Brexit no deal transfers as Scottish football bosses make plea to Home Office
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers are on the verge of completing a swoop for Colombian striker Juan Alegria who has been lined up by boss Steven Gerrard as Alfredo Morelos Mk II.And Celtic are finally poised to make a move for long term target Mark McKenzie who, as first revealed in July, has been identified as a possible solution to Neil Lennon’s leaky defence.Both players have spoken publicly about their hopes of landing dream moves to Glasgow when the transfer window opens in the New Year.But that now all seems set to hinge on crunch talks between Hampden bosses and the Home Office amid growing fears the UK’s decision to quit the European Union could take a wrecking ball to the January market.English football has already put detailed proposals in place in order.
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