Gerrard didn't final a 12 months at Villa Park.
Up and down outcomes yielded a 14th-place end on the finish of season 2021-22 earlier than a 3-0 loss at Fulham left them seventeenth in October 2022 when he was dismissed.
Throughout 2022, he received simply eight of his 31 video games, shedding 15.
He moved to Saudi Arabia in July 2023 when he took over at Al-Ettifaq.
His most up-to-date job lasted 18 months and he moved on with the membership sitting twelfth within the Saudi Professional League, simply 5 factors above the relegation zone.
“General, I've realized rather a lot, and it has been a constructive expertise personally and for my household,” he mentioned in late January. “However soccer is unpredictable, and generally issues do not go the best way we wish.”
These post-Ibrox exploits could give some pause for thought and the person himself could have doubts over inheriting a struggling squad, however Gerrard probably has the persona to deal with such a high-profile submit.
He's the one Rangers boss to have lifted the league trophy because the nice Walter Smith. That have may nicely be onerous to disregard for an under-pressure Ibrox board.
