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.
Celtic 's summer recruitment drive has seen the side close the gap on Rangers. The Ibrox club romped to the Premiership title last season, going unbeaten throughout the campaign and finishing 25 points clear of their city neighbours.
It was a new look side that faced Steven Gerrard's side in the first derby of the season, but they slipped to a narrow defeat in Govan.
With Cameron Carter-Vickers, Giorgios Giakoumakis and Jota taking the tally of Parkhead recruits to 12 on deadline day, Donnelly remains confident that Celtic can narrow the gap and mount a Premiership title challenge.
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