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 taking Rangers risk as Dom Ball warns QPR backlash will be 'least of his worries'
dailyrecord.co.ukDom Ball's old team-mates at both Ibrox and Loftus Road only have good things to say about Michael Beale. The QPR punters, however, are unlikely to be quite so complimentary if Steven Gerrard’s former No.2 decides its time for a move back to Glasgow barely a month after insisting he owed the London outfit his “loyalty”.
Beale made that apparently sincere declaration after knocking back an approach from Premier League strugglers Wolves. What has changed in the four weeks since to convince him that actually it is time to look elsewhere?
Well the cynics will suggest the fact his team have won just one of their six English Championship fixtures since he rejected that Molineux move may have tempered Beale’s excitement about the Rs’ future potential.
But Ball believes the reason for the increasingly likely return of Beale to Glasgow has more to do with the possibilities on offer at Ibrox.The former Gers defender has sampled life at both clubs and insists when it comes to their Glasgow namesakes, QPR were always going to struggle in a tug of love.
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