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.
Birmingham City are on the verge of a permanent deal for out of favour Rangers midfielder Juninho Bacuna. The Blues are keen to green light the Dutchman a return to the English Championship after sparse game time in Glasgow.
Toiling Birmingham are believed to be unable to cover what Bacuna is on at Rangers but an agreement looks likely to be struck.
Bacuna moved to Rangers from Huddersfield in August but has struggled for first-team football but featured in the Scottish Cup stroll over Stirling Albion.
Steven Gerrard rubber-stamped the deal, however, he has also struggled to turn heads under his successor, Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
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