Former Liverpool and England captain Steven Gerrard is in contention for his first managerial post having made the short list for the role at Scottish giants Rangers, British media reported Thursday.
The 37-year-old — capped 114 times and a member of the Liverpool side that won the 2005 Champions League — is presently the academy coach at Liverpool after rejecting the advances of lower league MK Dons when he hung up his boots in 2016.
Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that Rangers chairman Dave King attended Liverpool’s 5-2 humbling of Roma in their Champions League semi-final first leg clash on Tuesday.
Former Rangers manager and now Scotland national coach Alex McLeish told the BBC he believes that while Gerrard has things still to learn he already possessed some of the qualities required for such a post.
“Steven knows the game inside out and with regard to…
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