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 reckons Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Napoli is huge when it comes to Rangers’ hopes of continuing their European journey this season.
But the Ibrox boss should be well aware the 90 minutes in Naples could also be massive in terms of his own path at the club.
Van Bronckhorst is well aware of the pressure he is under. He’s spoken candidly about it and while talking about his Gers predecessor Steven Gerrard getting the boot at Aston Villa and the general precarious nature of football management, the subtext was clear.
He knows Rangers need to shake themselves out of this tailspin or he will be left trading war stories with Stevie G. It already looks like the club hero is approaching the end of the road with the boos and jeers from the Ibrox stands in the last week after the laboured cup win over Championship Dundee and Premiership draw with Livingston.
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