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 legend Barry Ferguson knows England's second city inside out after a spell at Birmingham. And given the size of the two clubs down there, he's aware of how much of a draw Aston Villa will be to Steven Gerrard.
But the thing that raised the current Alloa boss' eyebrows most about the manager's potential exit is the compensation package his former club are set to receive from the Premier League side.
Record Sport revealed on Tuesday night that £3million is the most their boss will fetch on a deal, which some outlets across the border now already believe to be done.
Ferguson, speaking to Go Radio, compared that to the fee Celtic netted for losing Brendan Rodgers to Leicester City and insists that kind of figure stopped him in his
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