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.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Neil Lennon - insisting nobody can do the job better.This season has been a disaster in Europe and domestically and a 10 In A Row bid collapsing against Steven Gerrard 's relentless Rangers.However, before this term Lennon had led the Hoops to two Premiership titles and five consecutive trophies overall.
Lambert insisted on BBC Sportsound that his former team-mate was still the best man for the job and doesn't believe the next permanent boss will bring the same success.He said: “It’s sad when any manager loses their job, because unless you’ve been in that position nobody nows the pressure you are under, and Lenny’s at a club where if you’re second you fail.“It doesn’t matter what type of manager you are, what type of footballer you are if.
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