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.
Jermain Defoe believes Rangers can win the title and end Celtic’s 10 In A Row charge
dailyrecord.co.ukJermain Defoe is convinced Rangers can win the title and again make their mark in Europe this season. The former England star knows the importance of trying to end Celtic ’s 10-in-a-row charge and has urged his team-mates to share his belief they can dethrone their Glasgow rivals.
Defoe reckons Steven Gerrard has the players to succeed domestically and again in the Europa League where they still have a last-16 second leg to play against Bayer Leverkusen in two weeks’ time.
The 37-year-old striker, speaking on the Beautiful Game podcast, stated: “Sometimes when I sit and look at the players and the squad we have, there is some unbelievable talent in that dressing room.
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