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.
Former Hamilton Accies manager Alex Neil is no longer the favourite to be the next manager of Rangers after ex-Ibrox midfielder Giovanni van Bronckhorst was installed as the new leading contender.Yesterday, Neil's odds plummeted from 16/1 to being the 5/2 favourite as news of Steven Gerrard's imminent departure from the Rangers hot-seat to Aston Villa broke.Twenty-four hours later, Neil has slipped down the list of those being tipped for the job and bookmakers McBookie currently have him as fifth favourite at 7/1 behind van Bronckhorst (2/1), Russell Martin (3/1), Derek McInnes (4/1) and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard (5/1).Gerrard looks set to leave the Scottish champions in the coming hours after reportedly agreeing a deal with Villa chiefs
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