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.
Scottish football was always going to be a short-term fascination, never a long-term fixation, for Steven Gerrard. He’s gone back to his natural habitat down south and left behind the place where he underwent his work experience.
Illusions have been shattered in the process because of the timing of his move from Rangers to Aston Villa but that always comes with having an inflated idea of your own importance being put into perspective.
You can argue all you want over the size of a club Villa might be in the grand scheme of football – but one thing is certain.
Rangers and Celtic are not the biggest clubs in the world. They’re not even the biggest clubs in the UK. What did anyone seriously think was going to happen with regard to Gerrard’s
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