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.
Gio van Bronckhorst could be Rangers upgrade but Celtic might just sniff an opportunity - Chris Sutton
dailyrecord.co.ukOnce a Ranger, always a Ranger, someone once said. Until you become a Villan that is, I guess. I wasn’t surprised to see Steven Gerrard go to Aston Villa but there’s no doubt he left Rangers in the lurch.
What happens next will decide whether Gerrard abandoned ship or did Rangers a favour.Giovanni van Bronckhorst might just be an upgrade on the former manager and give the club the kick they look like they need this season.
Or it could herald a period of upheaval at Ibrox that hands the impetus back across to Celtic. Interesting times.I had huge respect for Van Bronckhorst as a player.
He didn’t have his best day when I was up against him in the Demolition Derby but, that aside, he was a terrific player who had an impressive career at the
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