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 lost ‘the 10’. No, the narrative should be all about Rangers winning the One. And let’s be crystal clear, they have won it out of the park entirely because of the immaculate work of Steven Gerrard.
The vaccinators say, at the critical moment, you may feel a little prick. Hands up, having suggested at the time Gerrard’s appointment as manager might turn out to be not much more than a grandstanding publicity stunt, there’s a big slice of humble pie sitting somewhere with this column’s name allover it.And yet the truth of the matter is, while there was no way of knowing for sure if Gerrard really was cut out for the enormity of this task, the job he has carried out over these last three years has been little short of immense.
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