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.
Joey Barton has scathing opinion of Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante's performances
dailystar.co.ukChelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante "wouldn't have lasted a minute" playing against the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard or Paul Scholes.
Barton believes Kante, a World Cup winner and two-time Premier League champion, is not on the same level as some of the greats of yesteryear.
Speaking on Robbie Fowler's podcast, Barton claimed the standard of Premier League football has gone down, saying: "Some people think the level of the Premier League has gone up. " think it's gone down.
I had a discussion the other day about who we've played against. Your [Frank] Lampards, [Steven] Gerrards, [Michael] Essiens, [Paul] Scholes, [Patrick] Vieiras, [Roy] Keanes.
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