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.
Frank Lampard labels Steven Gerrard 'hard lad' who can cope with Rangers struggles
dailystar.co.ukFrank Lampard insists Steven Gerrard is ‘tough and hard’ enough to deal with the pressures of the Rangers job - without any words of support from himself.
Gerrard is feeling the heat at Ibrox for the first time in two seasons with Rangers’ hopes of stopping bitter rivals Celtic romping to a ninth straight title all but dead.
Yet Chelsea boss Lampard hates getting sympathy from fellow managers - and is not about to offer any to his pal north of the border.
Lamps, who started in management at the same time as Gerrard, said: “We all have the same pressures, at different levels - however they make look from the outside. “So, I’m certainly not talking about sympathy because we’re both quite tough.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk
