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.
Players looking lost and a team lacking in identity. Gareth McAuley has watched Rangers go from Europa League finalists to a team devoid of character in the space of a few months and wondered just how his old side have managed to be so drained of courage and confidence.
The Northern Ireland stalwart reckons it got so bad that stars who earlier this year were putting Borussia Dortmund to the sword suddenly look blunt.
Like they don't know what they're supposed to be doing. And that is a damning indictment of any manager and his coaching staff.
Those players may have looked lost under Gio van Bronckhorst. But McAuley is adamant the Ibrox chiefs have found the perfect solution to rediscovering the identity that made them a force to be reckoned with.
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