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.
Transfer aftermath LIVE as Rangers and Celtic plus Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs add to their squads
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic, Neil Lennon added to his left-back options with AC Milan's Diego Laxalt. Reports from France also claimed the club rejected late loan approaches for midfielder Olivier Ntcham.
But the big news at Parkhead is Odsonne Edouard stays and Hoops fans will be hoping their star man's blip in form quickly disappears.Rangers finally landed their new man in midfield as Bongani Zungu signed on loan from Amiens.
The South Africa agreed season-long loan with an option to buy at the end of the campaign.Steven Gerrard has also retained Alfredo Morelos who has rediscovered his form after his protracted move to Lille fell through.There was also movement at Aberdeen as Greg Leigh made a dramatic Pittodrie return and the club signed a backup keeper in.
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