Why Gerrard's Rangers move would be very strange
- Kaustubh Pandey(@Kaus_Pandey17)
The 37-year-old Gerrard retired from football in November 2016 following a Liverpool exit in 2015 and a short stint in the MLS with LA Galaxy. In January 2017, the Englishman took over the role of the Anfield based club's Under-18 academy coach.
What though, makes this decision strange is the situation Gerrard can find himself in, once he joins the Glasgow based side. He hasn't managed a single senior club side yet and while it might seem like a fair decision on paper, but the situation at Rangers can pull him into what is a messy situation and could play a role in tarnishing his reputation when it won't really be his fault.
Firstly, reports say that Gerrard has been a big Celtic fan since he was a kid. More so, the club is going into an era with a third untested manager in charge after Mark Warburton and Pedro Caixinha. And appointing an Under-18s manager who has never managed a senior club makes little sense at this point.
Secondly, Rangers have hardly recovered from the financial mess that they have been grappling with since their relegation to the abyss of Scottish football. The club has no money to spend and the club chairman- Dave King, is dealing with his own financial troubles and cannot shell out money to help the Glaswegian giants. The club has been operated in a very nonsensical way and despite King's promises about spending for the good of the club, it has never happened. And with the RFC board not having any idea how to deal with the situation in the backroom and having little know-how about how to come close to toppling Celtic, there is no way a young and a promising manager like Gerrard can make a name for himself at the Ibrox Stadium.
The only match that seems evident nominally is Rangers famous nickname 'The Gers', which is clearly similar to Stevie's first name.