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.
Charlie Nicholas claims Celtic believed rivals Rangers didn't have the financial muscle to unseat them as Scottish football's dominant force.
Neil Lennon and his side are facing a title disaster as their Ten In A Row hopes hang by a thread as they trail Steven Gerrard's side by 22 points.
And Nicholas is certain his former team's disastrous campaign can be traced back to Parkhead powerbrokers not taking Rangers seriously as potential title rivals.
The 58-year-old also believes Gerrard's ability to land defensive transfer bargains in Connor Goldson and Leon Balogun while he believes the Hoops are "brutal" at the back.
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