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.
Learning on the job is never ideal. And the lessons that Giovanni van Bronckhorst is about to experience over these next few days may ultimately determine the outcome of his first season at the helm.
So even though it feels as if there’s still a touch of the getting to know you about the Dutchman and his Rangers squad, harsh reality dictates there’s also little margin for error.
For example, just when it seemed the new man in charge had mastered the art of getting a tune out of Alfredo Morelos, he now finds himself scrambling to find a replacement for his star striker at perhaps the most critical stage of the campaign.
On top of that, van Bronckhorst will take a look into the eyes of Joe Aribo this morning before working out if his playmaker is the sort who can be rushed straight back into action following the crushing disappointment of being sent home early from the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria.Or if he’s in need of some extra recovery time.Is youngster Alex Lowry a ready and able stand-in following his impressive debut against the part-timers of Stirling Albion?
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