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 Rangers and Celtic plus Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs make signings
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers looking likely. Ryan Kent and Borna Barisic have both been linked to Leeds but with the pair remain happy at Ibrox it would take a mammoth bid to sign either player.
Steven Gerrard is largely happy with his squad but he believes the missing piece of the jigsaw could lie in midfield, with Sheffield United's John Lundstram a reported target.
The likes of Paris Saint-Germain left-back Mitchel Bakker and Charlton Athletic midfielder Alfie Doughty have been strongly linked with Celtic.
Reports in Holland suggest he would prefer to remain at PSG and fight for a place in the team, despite Celtic's interest in a loan deal.
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