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.
Former Liverpool striker El Hadji Diouf plays down importance of Reds' title win
mirror.co.ukFormer Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf has played down the importance of the Reds winning their first Premier League title in 30 years amid the current coronavirus crisis.
Diouf was on the books at Anfield from 2002-05, but has since fallen out of favour with the Liverpool supporters due to constant criticism of the club and legends such as Steven Gerrard.
Last season, Diouf claimed Liverpool had bottled the title and blown a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of ending their Premier League drought.
Jurgen Klopp’s men have raised their game this season, opening up a 25-point gap on second-placed Man City and were heading towards a record-breaking season before the Covid-19 outbreak halted the campaign.
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