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 got payback on Arsenal with humiliating release clause after "smoking" stunt
mirror.co.ukBack in 2015 Roberto Firmino signed for Liverpool. The Reds paid £29million for the Brazilian from Hoffenheim and he penned a five-year deal with the Anfield giants.
Football Leaks later revealed that a rather bizarre clause was included in the first contract he signed with Liverpool - one that took aim at Arsenal.
A year before Liverpool signed Firmino, the club parted company with Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan joined Barcelona from the Reds, but very nearly signed for Arsenal had it not been for some Steven Gerrard intervention and some poor negotiation from the Gunners.
Arsenal infamously upset Liverpool officials during the negotiation period by bidding £40m plus one pound for Suarez, in the belief it would trigger his buy-out clause.
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