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 are under no extra pre-season pressure as they plot to stop their greatest rivals making history. Pundits and former players have ramped up the importance of this term as Steven Gerrard’s side face the prospect of Celtic sealing and unprecedented 10 titles in a row.
Ex-Celtic star Paul Lambert reckons the Ibrox boss and his players face horrendous pressure, while Record Sport columnist Chris Sutton says Gerrard must stop coming up with excuses and finally deliver a trophy after coming up short for two seasons running.But the 35-year-old Rangers and Northern Ireland midfielder is playing down the extra significance of the campaign.
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