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.
Jordan Henderson 'might call Steven Gerrard' ahead of Liverpool and Man City showdown
dailystar.co.ukLiverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard ahead of Aston Villa's final day trip to Manchester City. If the Reds are to nick the Premier League title from under the nose of Pep Guardiola, they require a big favour from Gerrard's team at the Etihad.
For Liverpool to be crowned champions, they need to beat Wolves at Anfield and hope that Villa can get a result at the home of the reigning title holders.
Gerrard famously never won the league during his time on Merseyside. But he could play kingmaker on the final day. And Henderson joked he could give his old pal a call to remind him of what's at stake this weekend. "We’ve had this [needing Man City to lose] before when they played Brighton," Henderson told Sky Sports. "The crowd cheer and you sort of know what’s going on – it’s hard to focus on the game."But hopefully, from that experience, we’ve learned from it and we can just concentrate on the game and concentrate on what we need to do.
Hopefully, Stevie and Villa can do us a favour at City!"Asked if he will give his predecessor as Liverpool captain a call, he replied: "I might do.
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