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.
Aston Villa is thanks to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.The Liverpool legend, 41, was appointed as the new Aston Villa manager on Thursday morning after spending two-and-a-half years with Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.He will take charge of a Villa side which have largely underperformed this season as they sit 16th in the Premier League and just two points clear of the relegation zone.But Gerrard, who takes over from Dean Smith following his departure on Sunday, has already been given valuable indirect advice by the manager of his former side.Gerrard has some high quality strikers at his disposal in Danny Ings, Emiliano Buendia and Leon Bailey, who cost the club around £100million in the summer.Yet the player who has caught Klopp’s.
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