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.
Steven Gerrard is back in the Premier League after being appointed manager of Aston Villa. Six-and-a-half years on from his departure from Manchester United's arch-rivals Liverpool, Gerrard has returned after enjoying great success at Rangers where he guided them to their first Scottish league title in a decade.
Now at Villa, he has another tough job on his hands to turn around the club's poor form and get them back up the table, away from the relegation zone.
With the January transfer window just around the corner — and the summer beyond it — Gerrard will undoubtedly be looking to make some additions to his Villa squad and United have plenty of players who could leave Old Trafford. Here are five players Gerrard could look to sign from
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