Gerrard doesn’t need EPL experience to go from Ibrox to Liverpool says McManaman

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STEVE MCMANAMAN believes Steven Gerrard doesn't need English Premier League experience to take over at Liverpool.

The Rangers boss signed a new deal until 2024 on the same day Jurgen Klopp extended his Anfield stay.

Gerrard has been highly tipped to replace the German whenever he decides to leave the Reds.

And McManaman believes the Gers man is good enough to make the switch directly from Ibrox to Merseyside.

The horseracing.net columnist said: “No I don’t think he would need managerial experience in the Premier League if I’m being honest. As long as he’s got experience as a manager that would suffice.

“When every great manager came into the Premier League, they didn’t need Premier League experience, they had experience, that was it.

“Jose Mourinho didn’t have experience, Pep Guardiola didn’t have experience, so I don’t think that matters.

“I think it only matters that you’ve managed a big club and Rangers are a huge, huge club in the SPL.

“The pressure of managing that team is probably as great as any big team across Europe because it’s such a massive club along with Celtic and the expectation is huge, so I think Steven will be really experienced.

“It’s easy to say because he’s a very good mate of mine, he was an incredible player for Liverpool, arguably the best player to have ever put on a Liverpool shirt depending on what era you watched the club.

“He loves Liverpool, he’s worked with the academy, he knows everybody, he knows the ethos of the club, so of course that will be the job earmarked for him in the future. Whether he wants it, or whether he’s offered it is another question.

“If you’re asking me whether I think he’s good enough then I’d certainly say yes.”

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To me he already has all the EPL experience he's ever going to need. Seventeen years experience playing in it is experience Klopp doesn't have and he's doing ok. And as McManaman says he now has experience of managing a big club with high expectation levels.

And as for Steve McManaman what a player. Scored a magnificent goal against the yahoos too after running right through them all the way from his own half.