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 Aberdeen, Hibs and Hearts eye deals
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic have Vasilios Barkas on the way but a bid for Peterborough striker Ivan Toney has been rejected while West Ham's Albian Ateji is further away from a move than suggested.
Neil Lennon has been keen to strengthen both positions and will hope to have them sorted ahead of Sunday's kick-off. The Hoops are holding on to the likes of Odsonne Edouard and Kris Ajer though, despite interest from elsewhere.
Across the city and Rangers are set to seal the signing of South African midfielder Bongani Zungu from Amiens. The 27-year-old turned down a move to La Liga to focus on sealing a switch to Ibrox.
Steven Gerrard is facing a losing battle in his bid to hold onto Alfredo Morelos, though, although the Colombian's move to Lille is yet to go.
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