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.
Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has stated he sees Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso being considered as candidates to succeed Jurgen Klopp.
The German boss has led the Reds to the pinnacle of club football winning the Premier League and Champions League but results have been lacking this season - while they face a tricky test by the way of Manchester City on Sunday.Liverpool currently sit an underwhelming 11th in the table, with just two wins from their opening eight matches.Read More: Trent Alexander-Arnold's grandmother used to date Man Utd legend Sir Alex FergusonA glimmer of light has emerged by the way of their 7-1 win in the Champions League in midweek against Rangers, but a true measure of where the club are at will be found when they face rivals City.Klopp recently signed another long-term deal but Murphy says that when his time is up, some of his former team-mates could take over.Who do you think will take over Klopp as Liverpool's manager?
Let us know in the comments section belowHe told Fair Betting Sites, via Liverpool Echo: “I think Steven Gerrard or Xabi Alonso could manage Liverpool, absolutely, yeah.
I don’t think either of them have probably done just enough yet to warrant that.“I don’t think there’s a Liverpool fan on the planet, irrelevant of the start of the season, that would be even thinking about a possible change with Klopp.
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