It has taken some time but the former Liverpool midfielder has thrived in his first management role, proving some of us wrong
The significance of Rangers’ title win resonates in what would have transpired had the Scottish Premiership trophy been decorated with green and white ribbons for the 10th time in succession. If Celtic had been able to revel in the making of history, Steven Gerrard’s tenure at Ibrox would almost certainly have ended after three years, whereby the only key statistic – that of no championship – would have fatally undermined the Liverpool hero’s development elsewhere. The club’s balance sheet would have required the kind of makeover only delivered by a string of player sales.
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