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.
Sir Alan Sugar confirms Tottenham tried to sign Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard
dailystar.co.ukFormer Tottenham supremo Sir Alan Sugar has confirmed he tried to snare Steven Gerrard from Liverpool. The Rangers boss was chewing the fat with Peter Crouch on his Amazon show Back of the Net.
And during the conversation, the two England heroes recalled a time when they faced off as youth team players. Crouch admitted being stunned by Gerrard’s performance at Spurs Lodge - and how he noticed Sugar making a beeline for the midfielder post match. “Liverpool moved pretty quick after that game to try and offer me a different type of contract,” Gerrard said in response to Crouch's comment.
On Twitter, Sugar, who was chairman of the north Londoners at the time, confirmed he did approach Gerrard about moving to the capital. “True,” commented
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