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.
Carl Starfelt is on his way, although neither man will set foot on the pitch for some time yet. A report from France also claims a deal to sign Sacha Boey from Rennes has fizzled out.
Kristoffer Ajer looks bounds for Brentford while Odsonne Edouard has emerged as a target for Brighton, with Ryan Christie's Celtic future also uncertain as his contract winds down.
Over at Rangers and Steven Gerrard is building on last season's Premiership title win. He's been strongly linked with Heerenveen midfielder Joey Veerman, with the Dutch club revealing on Monday they'd received an offer for the 22-year-old, with Hellas Verona also interested.
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