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.
Nikola Katic airbrushes out Rangers as James Sands has his number
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers fans were delighted at the sight of James Sands being paraded at Ibrox with the No. 19 jersey as Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s first signing.
But one man could have been forgiven for getting shirty at the American being handed that particular number.That could be behind the defender's decision to wipe out his Instagram account just hours after the capture of Sands was announced.
And a source close to the player told Record Sport Online: “Ask yourself this. Would you happy if you were in his shoes?” It’s only three months since Niko Katic gave up the number he was handed when he first arrived at the Light Blues in the summer of 2018.
The defender moved on loan to Hajduk Split during the last transfer window with the 25-year-old in desperate need of game time after a season wrecked by injury.
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