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 brought in a fair number of new recruits in the extended summer window. In such a crucial season reinforcements were vital after eventually losing the title to Celtic in the curtailed Scottish Premiership campaign.
Things are looking rosier for Gerrard these days as his side sit nine points clear of their rivals - though the Parkhead club do have two games in hand to close that gap.
But with new arrivals such as Kemar Roofe, Jon McLaughlin, Leon Balogun and Cedric Itten, youngsters and out-of-favour veterans alike have been forced to move elsewhere for game time.
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