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.
Eddie Howe is set to be unveiled this week and he has plenty of work to do with a host of the club's key man expected to attract significant interest from elsehwhere.
Bournemouth coaching pair Stephen Purches and Simon Weatherstone are set to follow but big questions remain over the likes of Celtic talisman Odsonne Edouard, Kris Ajer and Ryan Christie.
Rangers have already nailed two of their big targets with Fashion Sakala and Nnamdi Ofoborh on their way to Ibrox in a matter of weeks.
Title-winning boss Steven Gerrard will be eyeing even more reinforcements with the coming Premiership defence however and he also has a job on his hands to keep key men such as Ryan Kent.
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