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.
Graeme Souness reveals declined Rangers return offer from Dave King and the suspicion that made him say no
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers under former chairman Dave King. As part of an explosive series of exclusive interviews with Record Sport , the Ibrox legend tells for the first time how he was wined and dined by King at a high end restaurant in London’s affluent Mayfair and asked to take on a role at a time when the club was struggling to re-establish itself as a top flight force.
But, suspecting he was being lined up to be used as little more than a high profile human shield for the men inside the Rangers boardroom, Souness rejected the chance of going back to the club he revolutionised as player-manager in the late 1980s.
The 68-year-old said: “This was before Steven Gerrard had been appointed as manager and at a time when things were not going great on or off.
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