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.
Jimmy Nicholl offers alternative Rangers collapse theory as he tips Michael Beale to turn it round
dailyrecord.co.ukJimmy Nicholl was the man who handed over the reins at Rangers to Steven Gerrard at the end of a turbulent, traumatic season in May 2018.
The Northern Irishman took over on a temporary basis from Graeme Murty in the aftermath of a 5-0 hammering from Celtic and with three games left of a season that still hadn’t secured European football.
Nicholl got them there with a third placed finish after beating Kilmarnock and drawing with Aberdeen - who finished above them - before a classic 5-5 draw with Hibs at Easter Road kept them three points ahead of the Edinburgh outfit.
With the job done, Nicholl - who had played for and captained Rangers in the 80s - was happy to walk away to leave the much-needed rebuild to Liverpool icon Gerrard and his coaching guru Michael Beale.
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