English columnist claims Rangers boss is outshining rivals down south

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A leading English columnist has praised the job Steven Gerrard has done at Rangers and claims he’s already outshining his footballing contemporaries.

In Ian Herbert’s latest column for the Daily Mail, he claims that the job that Gerrard’s done at Rangers has outshone fellow ex-professionals and that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves down south.

From Frank Lampard at Chelsea to Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United, Herbert believes that the job Gerrard has done at Rangers has outshone the lot.

Praising Gerrard’s success in Europe, his man-management with the likes of Alfredo Morelos and how the boss has led Rangers to the top of the Scottish Premiership, the columnist believes Gerrard deserves more credit.

“Little of all this seems to register in England, where the all-consuming Premier League narrative drowns everything out,” writes Herbert.

“But compare Gerrard’s foray into management with those of the contemporaries who have made the same leap – Frank Lampard, Mikel Arteta, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer or, at a push, John Terry – and you have to say he’s achieved more than any one of them.

“Lampard took a Derby side who’d previously finished sixth in the Championship table to a finish of… sixth in the Championship table.

“Then he failed to win promotion through the play-offs. Then he landed the Chelsea job anyway.

“Arteta won an FA Cup after leaving Pep Guardiola’s side but is yet to demonstrate that a hardly-impoverished Arsenal are that much better.

“Solskjaer took Cardiff City out of the Premier League and has taken Manchester United nowhere. Terry is yet to surface from the Aston Villa coaching staff.”

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard took over at Ibrox in the summer of 2018 and has set about revolutionising things on and off the pitch at the club.

Despite being yet to win silverware with the club, Gerrard has Rangers a solid force in Europe and has led the club to 20 matches unbeaten in all competitions at the start of this season.

Heading into one of the most pivotal points in the season, Gerrard will be hoping his team can build on the progress made during his time at Rangers so far and lead the club to a famous 55^th title.