Steven Gerrard has issued a statement on his future at Ibrox.
The Rangers boss plunged his position as manager in doubt after the club’s defeat to Hearts in the Scottish Cup quarter-final – following the full-time whistle, he said that he’d need to do some “real, serious” thinking in the aftermath of the loss.
Unless the Gers win the Europa League, Gerrard will become the first Rangers manager in 68 years to go two seasons without a trophy.
His side currently sit 12 points behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership – albeit with a game in hand – and lost the Scottish League Cup to Neil Lennon’s side after a 1-0 defeat, in which Alfredo Morelos missed a penalty.
However, Gerrard has now spoken out on his future with a conclusive statement.
What did he say?
Speaking before Rangers’ game against Hamilton on Wednesday, Gerrard said: “I am all in, I signed up to something here and I knew there would be real setbacks and this is when the club needs me most to stay on, fight and push forward on the progress we have made in a lot of areas whilst learning to ensure the mistakes don’t happen again.”
Four decisive words
Gerrard’s uttering of the four words “I am all in” is pretty conclusive.
He can be a very emotional figure – as we saw countless times during his days at Liverpool – and his comments in the wake of the defeat to Hearts may well have been emotionally-charged by the loss, although we wouldn’t want to speculate on the validity of them.
However, now he has said that “I am all in” it can hopefully put to bed any more talk about where his future lies, and Rangers can get back to focusing on footballing matters as opposed to speculation.
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Fair play to Gerrard for coming out and quickly calming the waters with a decisive comment on the matter.
In other news, Gerrard’s ex-teammate has spoken out on the Englishman’s situation at Rangers…
