Transfers: Steven Gerrard (Glasgow Rangers coach) reportedly close to coaching Aston Villa

Steven Gerrard soon to return to the Premier League, six years after leaving Liverpool as a player? According to the British daily The Telegraph and Fabrizio Romano, the journalist of Guardian specialized in the transfer window and which revealed the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United this summer, the current Glasgow Rangers technician would be close to Aston Villa, who dismissed his coach, Dean Smith, last Sunday.

The Villans, currently sixteenth in the Premier League with just two points ahead of relegated first Burnley, are said to have prepared the contract for the Liverpool legend, who won the Scottish league title in 2021. While the deal would be nearby, the Glasgow Rangers would claim 3 million euros to release Steven Gerrard. Close to Christian Purslow, the boss of Aston Villa and former general manager of the Reds, the former English international midfielder could, according to the English media, officially land in Birmingham at the end of the week.