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 news LIVE as Celtic and Rangers plus Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeen eye signings
dailyrecord.co.ukThere are just seven days to go before Scottish football returns in earnest and that means a mad scramble to get squads ready for the big kick-off.
The big news breaking last night is that Celtic are close to securing Vasilios Barkas but won't push the button on the deal until they know for sure Fraser Forster won't move.
Neil Lennon is also on the lookout for a striker with West Ham's Albian Ajeti a potential candidate for a loan move. Peterborough striker Ivan Toney has been heavily linked and reports last night suggested the Hoops are looking to match am offer from Burnley.
Meanwhile Rangers pursuit of a new striker has gained momentum following a hamstring injury to Jermain Defoe. Steven Gerrard could move for rumoured targets Kemar.
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