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.
Rangers make Michael Beale approach to QPR as Ibrox dugout return edges closer
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers have made an official approach to Queens Park Rangers for Michael Beale. The Ibrox club are keen to bring the former coach back to Glasgow in order to replace Gio van Bronckhorst, who was sacked last Monday. Record Sport exclusively revealed that R’s director of football Les Ferdinand would not stand in Beale’s way if the Glasgow giants came calling.
Ferdinand also confirmed that £1.5million in compensation will be due if Beale accepts.That has now happened, reports The Telegraph.
They claim that talks are progressing and that Beale is set to make the switch back to Scotland, barring any dramatic late twists.
Just in case, the Gers have also contacted Botafogo boss Luis Castro, according to reports in Brazil. But Beale is their number one choice and will likely return to the top job just over a year after departing for Aston Villa with Steven Gerrard, who has since been sacked by the Midlands club after a poor run of form.
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