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, Hearts and Hibs eye signings
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic are eyeing some reinforcements to sort out a leaky defence but their pursuit of American defender Mark McKenzie may be under threat thanks to constricting work permit rules.
Neil Lennon will also be desperate to keep some key men as Jeremie Frimpong was named as a Roma transfer target by Italian media - but understands there's nothing in the rumour.
Meanwhile Rangers fancy Colombian striker Juan Alegria to add another attacking option but, again, Brexit could mean Steven Gerrard faces a battle to get that one over the line.
The Ibrox boss suffered a first defeat of the season as St Mirren dumped his side out of the Betfred Cup in midweek but there's no reason for a knee-jerk reaction.And in the saga of the window super-agent Mino.
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