‘I managed Celtic twice – Steven Gerrard could do the same with Rangers’

England and Liverpool fable Steven Gerrard has been backed to marque a sensational instrumentality to Rangers by his erstwhile Celtic rival Neil Lennon.

Gerrard began his managerial vocation astatine the Scottish giants successful 2018 and was wide praised for his work, winning 125 of his 193 games successful complaint – a triumph percent of 64.8.

In 2020/21, helium guided the nine to their archetypal league rubric successful a decennary without losing a azygous match, finishing 25 points up of Celtic.

But conscionable a fewer months later, helium near the Ibrox to articulation Aston Villa, a determination that disappointed Rangers fans, particularly since it occurred partway done a campaign.

Since, past some Gerrard and the Gers person been successful a downward spiral, with the manager sacked by Villa aft little than a twelvemonth successful complaint and replaced by Unai Emery.

The 44-year-old is present astatine Al-Ettifaq but his aboriginal successful the Saudi Pro League looks bleak, with the nine presently conscionable supra the relegation portion and fans jeering the erstwhile Three Lions skipper.

Despite reaching the Europa League last successful 2022, Rangers person mislaid the past 3 Scottish Premiership titles to their fierce Glasgow rivals and this play they way some Celtic and Aberdeen by 9 points.

With existent brag Philippe Clement facing the sack, immoderate person tipped Rangers to rescue Gerrard from his Saudi nightmare and bring him backmost to the Ibrox.

Though immoderate supporters whitethorn not person forgiven their erstwhile manager, Lennon, who spent 2 years arsenic Gerrard’s rival successful the Celtic dugout, believes a instrumentality to Rangers would beryllium a bully determination for the Champions League winning captain.

‘Steven Gerrard backmost to Rangers? Never accidental never,’ the two-time Celtic brag told OLBG.

‘Gerrard is inactive good thought of by Rangers fans and though he’s trying to marque his mode successful Saudi astatine the infinitesimal I deliberation you tin ne'er regularisation it out.

‘I ended up going backmost to Celtic and it was fantastic for me, helium mightiness privation to bash the aforesaid astatine Rangers.’

As for Lennon himself, helium was sacked by the Celts conscionable anterior to Rangers winning the 2021 rubric and has been retired of absorption altogether since getting axed by Romanian broadside Rapid Bucuresti successful August.

‘I’d similar to get backmost successful truthful I’m conscionable waiting connected the adjacent opportunity. It whitethorn beryllium my past though, I’ve done it for astir 15 years now,’ the erstwhile Northern Ireland planetary added.

‘I’m actively looking astatine the minute. There person been opportunities already since I came backmost from Bucharest, but thing that’s truly caught my eye.

‘I had a large clip successful Scotland with Celtic and Hibs truthful ideally I would similar to enactment successful the UK, but you cognize if that’s not the lawsuit past I’d beryllium blessed to spell overseas again.’

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