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.
Rangers’ trip to Armenia for the second leg of their Europa League play-off against Alashkert with his squad also decimated by Covid.
Gerrard failed to show at Glasgow Airport for the Light Blues lunchtime flight to Western Asia for their crunch clash. Skipper James Tavernier, Calvin Bassey, Scott Wright and Ryan Kent were also absent along with first and second choice goalkeepers Allan McGregor and Jon McLaughlin in what is a massive blow in a huge week.
Rangers assistant manager Gary McAllister is set to take the team.There will also be huge doubts over whether Gerrard will take his place in the dugout at Ibrox for Sunday’s Old Firm clash.Those who did check in at Glasgow included Nathan Patterson, Connor Goldson, Filip Helander, Borna.
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