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.
Steven Gerrard faces Rangers transfer trust posers as small time mentality creates paranoia – Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers feel slightly better about themselves on the back of a wretched week. But a place in the last eight of the Premier Sports Cup doesn’t come close to addressing the fundamental issues Steven Gerrard will still be grappling as his fourth season in charge at Ibrox gets up and running.
In the end, it all comes down to a question of trust.First and foremost, the Rangers manager has to take a look around his own dressing room and establish, as a matter of some urgency, which players he believes can be relied upon now that the pressure is beginning to build.
Crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers against Malmo – with a league loss at Tannadice sandwiched in between those two ties – has left Gerrard in a vulnerable position.
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