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.
Aston Villa believe they are on the brink of snatching Steven Gerrard from Rangers - and hope to land their top target for a compensation fee of less than £3million. Record Sport revealed yesterday that Ibrox bosses had been placed on a 48 hour red alert as the English Premier League club considered making an official approach for permission to open discussions with the former Liverpool skipper over replacing Dean Smith in the Villa Park hotseat.
And now we understand that move could come as early as Wednesday following a series of frantic negotiations behind the scenes over the last 24 hours.The Midlands club’s chief executive Christian Purslow has engaged in a period of intense back channelling and extensive background checks since
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