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.
Celtic have been "complacent" during their period of Scottish football domination and Rangers are now in a position to capitalise.
Rangers beat Neil Lennon's men 2-0 earlier this month, and former Parkhead boss Barnes says Steven Gerrard now has enough quality in his side to mount a serious title challenge.
The Ibrox side currently hold a six-point lead at the top of the table, although Celtic have a game in hand. With Ten In A Row on the line, Barnes believes this could be Rangers' season.He said: “Steven Gerrard and Rangers didn’t end up challenging Celtic last season because Celtic are simply still better than them.
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