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.
There was a time when a multi-million pound deal involving Rangers would’ve been the stuff of dreams on the park for budding footballer Tom Beahon.
Pulling on the light blue jersey of the Ibrox side would have been a huge step up from trying to get into the first team of lowly Tranmere Rovers.
But instead Steven Gerrard ’s stars could be pulling on HIS shirts next season in a journey even more remarkable than if the former midfielder had made the switch from Prenton Park to Rangers as a player.
Tom and brother Phil, who featured for Liverpool and Manchester City schoolboys before turning his attention to cricket where he played semi-pro, gave up on their sporting dreams to found premium sportswear brand Castore.
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