The former Rangers manager has been strongly linked with a return to Ibrox in the summer but rejected it
Former Rangers head coach Steven Gerrard says he has no immediate desire to return to football management despite being heavily linked with a potential return to the Ibrox dugout in recent months.
The last man to lead Rangers to a Scottish Premiership title, Gerrard departed Al-Ettifaq by mutual consent in January after a turbulent 18-month spell in the Saudi Pro League – and was immediately linked with a return to Glasgow when Belgian boss Philippe Clement was sacked just a few weeks later.
Barry Ferguson has been handed the reins at Ibrox on an interim basis until the end of the season, winning four of his six games in charge and leading the club to the last eight of the Europa League. However, talk of a potential summer takeover has resulted in Gerrard emerging of one of the leading contenders to take over at Ibrox next season, alongside former Southampton boss Russell Martin.
Gerrard enjoyed a successful three-year spell at the club previously, culminating in Rangers’ invincible title winning 2020/21 campaign, but his time in Govan was cut short when he was lured away by English Premier League outfit Aston Villa shortly afterwards. He lasted just 11 months in the role, winning just 13 of his 40 games in charge, before landing his role at Al-Ettifaq.
Out of work for the first time since being appointed by Rangers in the summer of 2018, he lifted the lid on his life away from the game and revealed his future plans while speaking with his former teammate Peter Crouch on That Peter Crouch Podcast earlier this week.
“I don’t want to be back in work mate,” said Gerrard. “Not at the moment. I’m good…stress free. I’m out of work in terms of the coaching and management, which is obviously 24/7.
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