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 is a fan of the Bournemouth pair, who are both entering the final six months of their Vitality Stadium contracts.
The south of England was Ibrox director of football Ross Wilson's stomping ground before he made the move north. He had a track record of developing young players just along the coast at Southampton and the arrival of Calvin Bassey from Leicester City last summer was in a similar mould.
So if these two are interesting Rangers, what kind of players are they - and what can they add to a team currently 20 points clear in the title race?
Here, Record Sport runs the rule over Simpson and Ofoborh and how they stack up compared to the players who are carrying the team ever closer to title number 55.
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