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.
Chris Sutton tells Aston Villa what to expect from Steven Gerrard but can't resist Rangers lockout reference
dailyrecord.co.ukChris Sutton has told Aston Villa they can expect Steven Gerrard to mirror Jurgen Klopp's tactics. But as he did so, the pundit couldn't resist a pop at Rangers for locking him out of Ibrox.
BT Sport were forced into a late punditry changed back in September when Sutton and Neil Lennon were told they were too much of a "security risk" to attend the Europa League clash with Lyon.Sutton is known for his wind-up antics and is far from a popular figure at Ibrox but many felt this was a step too far for the club, who should instead look inward rather than prevent pundits from doing their job.
But being frozen out in Govan doesn't appear to have dampened the Celtic hero's spirits as he used his Daily Mail column to aim a light-hearted dig at
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