STEVEN GERRARD HAS dismissed any speculation around him stepping down at Rangers, confirming he is fully committed to staying on as manager.
The Liverpool legend has seen Rangers fall 12 points behind rivals Celtic in the race for the Scottish Premiership title after drawing 2-2 with St Johnstone in their last league game.
It then went from bad to worse for the Old Firm club when they crashed out of the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup, losing 1-0 to Hearts last weekend, which Gerrard described as the ‘lowest point’ in his Rangers career.
Gerrard’s comments sparked speculation he could be ready to walk away from Ibrox, but the former England international has insisted he is devoted to the project he has started at Rangers.
“I’m in. I’ve signed up to something here,” Gerrard stated ahead of Wednesday’s league game against Hamilton.
“I’m all in. I always knew there was going to be periods like this that were tough. I always knew we were going to have some real setbacks.”
Gerrard’s stated aim when he arrived at Rangers in 2018 was to win the Scottish Premiership, but with that title now likely out of reach this season, progression in the Europa League and an upcoming last-16 tie with Bayer Leverkusen takes on greater significance.
“This is when the club needs me most and that’s to stay strong and fight on and push and continue to try and improve this and build on the progress we’ve made in a lot of areas,” continued Gerrard.
“We need to learn from some of the things that haven’t gone so well and try and avoid them happening again.”
Something that will help boost Rangers’ season is the return of striker Alfredo Morelos to the squad after he was dropped for disciplinary reasons.
Morelos was granted permission to fly to his home country of Colombia but returned later than the agreed date, which resulted in Gerrard dropping him for the quarter-final loss to Hearts.
Gerrard said: “He’s showed a lot of remorse for his actions, letting his team-mates down and the supporters down.
“He’s accepted his punishment, which will stay private for obvious reasons, so yes he’s available for selection.”
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Thank god for that
Wasting his time.
Im so happy for the pair, they’re a great match…..made in Heaven even, or Hell depending how you view it.!!!
Doesn’t bode well Gerrard being able to cope with more stressful situations if he was ever to get the Liverpool job.
@dublindamo: there was a good article in the guardian yesterday about his immaturity as a manager. Valid points were made, he’s a long way to go before even being considered as a replacement for Klopp. One thing about Gerrards managerial career is that it’s all geared towards taking over at anfield some day so it’s all a learning curve and he recognises that which does bode well for the future in my opinion.
@King B: he throws his players under the bus every opportunity he gets , they all to seem to want him out. His management of Morelos has been atrocious , he’s significantly reduced Morelos value, he gets knocked outta the cup and has a tantrum and threatens to leave then three days later is back using his players to take the blame. Rangers can’t afford to sack him even if they wanted to. Left tynecastle the other night in a taxi .. some management there
@Bill Clay: it’s all a learning curve Billy boy, no one expects him to get it right straight away except for a few on here.. Checkout the article in the guardian, it makes references to some of your points.
You ok hun?
FFP might change that!!!
Mighty stuff, 10 in a row here we go!
Good news for Celtic, bad news for the Rangers’ accountants.
The idea that he should take over from Klopp some day or even take over from Klopp’s replacement is hilarious. Liverpool are a well run club now, why would they go for him? All the stuff he’s learnt from not listening to the best managers he had as a player? Maybe, in ten or fifteen years time he might have proven himself good enough for a job of that size.
Oh Happy Day’s
Here we go 10iar, here we go 10iar.
Putting my dislike for Rangers aside. Gerrard is far to emotional in interviews, in my opinion. I have no opinion on him personally, I neither like or dislike him. But he almost looks like he is about to burst into tears whilst being interviewed lately.
He looks like what he is: an U18 youth team manager in charge of a men’s team.
Long may it continue.
Hail hail.
Nobody else wants me.