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 Owen explains Jamie Carragher's influence in him leaving Liverpool for Real Madrid
dailystar.co.ukMichael Owen claims he left Liverpool to join Real Madrid in order to prove a point to teammate Jamie Carragher. Owen swapped Anfield for the Bernabeu in 2004 after playing eight seasons alongside Carragher at Liverpool.
The pair were close friends at the club and, along with Steven Gerrard, formed the spine of the first team at that time. And after hearing that Los Blancos wanted to sign him, the former striker claims he was warned by Carragher not to move to Spain.
But Owen said that spurred him on even more to make the move and to prove his friend wrong. “I was in America, me and Jamie Carragher were sharing the same room," Owen told talkSPORT. "We were on a pre-season tour and Rafa Benitez had just taken over at Liverpool. “My agent
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