Steven Gerrard

[Roboklopp]

Why would you make that “joke” as a Red?

[spud_gun]

Because obviously I'm a Manc / Bitter etc

As for the joke I actually found it quite funny......guess we can laugh about these things now some 4+ years after the event

[Buzzo]

Because obviously I'm a Manc / Bitter etc

As for the joke I actually found it quite funny......guess we can laugh about these things now some 4+ years after the event

Stevie will be dead to me for any period he is associated to Rangers.

[spud_gun]

Stevie will be dead to me for any period he is associated to Rangers.

that's exactly what I said to the guy I work who told me the above joke.

****ing hell Stevie, don't do it.

[Tatterdemalion]

I think he is still learning his trade. He's been smart enough so far to recognise that. The only pressure on him is his reputation as a player, but that's in the past. There is no way that our U18s manager, with no particular playing record, would be in for that job otherwise. He needs to put his playing reputation behind him and build one as a coach/manager - otherwise he'll end up in scenario where there are high expectations he can't deliver. He also needs to be firm and stop giving excuses for not taking management roles. Learning is fine, it's not a crime.

[Daniel 7]

They're a joke Rangers - really hope he sees sense and steers well clear of these horrible arseholes.

[Buzzo]

They're a joke Rangers - really hope he sees sense and steers well clear of these horrible arseholes.

He should know it will turn toxic rapidly.

He’s better off where he is out of the limelight and learning his trade.

[Kenneth]

and I'm sure he knows this.

[Angryred]

Kenny will put him right about that shower of ****es & he will listen to the advice!

[labourRed]

Kenny will put him right about that shower of ****es & he will listen to the advice!

The boyhood Rangers fan? Given he and Barnes have managed the old firm i doubt Kenny would be the one to dissuade him.

[Yozza]

Steven Gerrard frontrunner for Rangers manager's job

By Chris McLaughlin

BBC Scotland

Steven Gerrard is now the frontrunner to become the manager of Rangers and the job is his if he wants it, BBC Scotland has learned.

Contact has now been made between the Ibrox club and representatives of the former England and Liverpool captain.

Gerrard, 37, is a youth development coach at Anfield.

Graeme Murty, 43, has been in charge of Rangers since October and the club have other candidates on their shortlist - but Gerrard is the man they want.

If Gerrard agrees to take over, he would join his former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers in Glasgow, with the Northern Irishman on the verge of winning back-to-back domestic trebles with Celtic.

Speaking on Friday morning before Saturday's home Premier League game against Stoke City, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said of Gerrard: "I am not worried.

"Whatever he wants to do we will support him in that. There is no decision. I can imagine clubs are interested in signing Stevie, [he has] massive experience as a player so I would think about him signing for a club. We will support him in all directions."

Murty was interim manager before and after Pedro Caixinha's brief spell as Rangers boss and the former Reading and Scotland defender was in December given the manager's job until the end of the season.

His side are second in the Scottish Premiership - ahead of Aberdeen on goal difference - and visit Celtic Park on Sunday.

[Shaggy]

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[BobTheCharmer]

It's a massive club. In a **** league. Chance to establish himself without the struggles of going through the lower leagues. Can't blame him for giving it consideration.

[The_weatherman]

If he goes there, I could see him taking some young players from us on loan as well. Might be better for them than playing in the U-23's.

[calvoboy]

Had hoped he'd stay, move up to U-23s, and be groomed as Klopp's successor when the time comes. I suppose getting first-hand management experience could help him on the way to being Liverpool manager too though. He's got a chance of winning silverware in his first management role, and he's almost guaranteed European football experience every season there too. Would be daft not to consider it.