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.
Steven Gerrard has never had the luxury of using pre-season for experimentation before with Europa League qualifiers already underway in each of his previous three seasons.
But it would remiss to think the Rangers boss isn't taking treating these friendlies with the upmost importance with Champions League qualification getting underway next month.
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