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.
Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
The 7 Ryan Porteous Rangers controversies that leave fans shocked at Ibrox transfer link
dailyrecord.co.ukOkay, it might not be Mo Johnston joining Rangers back in 1989 but it's fair to say a section of the Ibrox support have reacted with a bit of shock at the prospect of Ryan Porteous moving to Govan after former Easter Road boss Jim Duffy claimed to have heard on the grapevine that the Scotland stopper could be moving across the M8 to Govan. Record Sport understands no approach has been made for the 23-year-old who sees his future away from Leith and with the club having previously knocked back a bid of around seven-figure bid from Millwall then landing a full international on a free would represent good business.
And that news will come as a bit of a relief to many Rangers fans. But just why would a large section of the support be so against such a move?
Well, it's fair to say the player has a bit of history with the Light Blues and their legions with the diehard Hibee involved in more than a few flashpoint against them in recent years.
To be fair, some of it has been a bit of humour and banter like his cheeky post match Premier Sports Cup semi final interview last season when he aimed a dig at Steven Gerrard and it went viral.
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