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 opens up on "flirting" with Chelsea and his fears of Liverpool rebuild
mirror.co.ukSteven Gerrard admits he feared Liverpool wanted to sell him to Chelsea to finance a big-money squad rebuild under Rafael Benitez.
The Blues were heavily linked with Gerrard after the Reds' disappointing 2003/04 season and tabled a £20million bid for the midfielder.
The Englishman opted to stay at Anfield under their new manager Benitez and the pair led Liverpool to glory in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.
Chelsea were not deterred by Liverpool's European success and tabled a much-improved offer for Gerrard in July 2005. Again, the Reds rejected the offer and Gerrard went on to sign a new four-year deal with the club.
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