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.
Steven Gerrard has made a name for himself in management at Rangers. That the former Liverpool idol is now sitting 23 points clear at the top of the SPFL Premiership in his first job hasn’t come as that much of a surprise to a man who spent 34 years in the dugout before eventually retiring for a quieter life in the jungle with Ant and Dec.Redknapp always suspected that Gerrard was destined to come good.
But that the Ibrox club were patient enough to give him enough time to grow into the role without being panicked into pulling the trigger?
That has been the biggest shock where Redknapp is concerned. It’s Monday afternoon and the 73-year-old is still shaking his head in utter disbelief at yesterday morning’s headline news of Frank Lampard’s.
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