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.
Michael Beale and his Rangers respect for Ian McCall but admits pen pal poses Scottish Cup shock factor
dailyrecord.co.ukIan McCall was sent soaring in Michael Beale’s estimation when a message of good luck from the Partick Thistle boss dropped through his London letter box.But the Rangers boss knows his friend will be out to deliver something altogether more unpleasant when the Jags visit Ibrox tomorrow night in the Scottish Cup.
Beale has formed a close bond with his Firhill counterpart since first following Steven Gerrard to Glasgow and has grown to see the Thistle gaffer as a capable mentor for the young Light Blues loanees they have placed in his trusted hands.
For McCall’s part, he certainly seems to have nothing but respect and admiration for the man he’ll be squaring up to across the dugout for the last-16 showdown.As gestures go, the warm note he dispatched to Loftus Road following Beale’s summer appointment at QPR was seen as a nice touch by the man now sitting in the Ibrox hotseat.
McCall may be first class in Beale’s eyes but the Ibrox manager is wary a second-rate display against the Maryhill men runs the risk of Rangers – like fourth-round upset victims Aberdeen – being posted missing when the quarter-finals draw is made.He said: “I know Colly really well.
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