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 to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.And the former England defender insists Gerrard will have earned the right to follow in the footsteps of Graeme Souness after taking on a tougher challenge at Ibrox in his first managerial job.Thompson admits he feared for Gerrard when the rookie boss took on the Light Blues position at a time when all-conquering Celtic were dominating Scottish football under Brendan Rodgers.But the 40-year-old has made huge progress and Thompson reckons he is the No.1 candidate to replace Klopp on Merseyside.That would see him follow the same managerial career path as Souness who revolutionised Gers as player/boss in the 1980s.Thompson, 66, won 16 major honours at the Reds, including captaining them to the.
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