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 has reportedly identified Liverpool outcast Joe Gomez as a defensive target for Aston Villa ahead of the January transfer window.Gomez, 24, has failed to work his way back into Jurgen Klopp's starting XI since recovering from a serious knee injury, with the England centre-back now fourth choice at Anfield.Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and new signing Ibrahima Konate are all preferred by Klopp at the heart of the Reds defence, and Gerrard is looking to take advantage of that in January.According to The Mirror, the new Villa boss has made shoring up his defence a priority in the winter transfer market.And Gomez, who has only been afforded 13 minutes of Premier League football this season, is understood to be at the top of his.
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