Twitter Reacts to Steven Gerrard’s appointment as Aston Villa manager » FirstSportz

Aston Villa have lastly named Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard as their new supervisor, after the dismissal of Dean Smith this weekend. Gerrard has come into the Premier League for the primary time in his managerial profession and it will likely be an enormous step up by way of challenges for the previous Liverpool midfielder.

Steven Gerrard signed a 3 and a half yr contract with Aston Villa, which can preserve him on the membership until 2025 after ending his keep prematurely at Scottish membership Rangers. The 41-year previous revolutionised Rangers throughout his keep on the membership, profitable the Scottish Premiership final yr, ending the membership’s 9-year drought.

“Aston Villa is a membership with a wealthy historical past and custom in English soccer and I’m immensely proud to develop into its new head coach,” mentioned Gerrard after taking the job at Aston Villa.

“In my conversations with [co-owners] Nassef [Sawiris], Wes [Edens] and the remainder of the board, it was obvious how bold their plans are for the membership and I’m trying ahead to serving to them obtain their goals.”

Steven Gerrard’s Rangers FC continued their scorching streak from the final season and are at the moment the desk toppers in Scotland with 30 factors from the primary 13 video games, 4 factors forward of their rivals Celtic.

Aston Villa have needed to pay a compensation charge of £4.5m to Rangers FC after roping of their supervisor on the center of the season.

Aston Villa and Rangers followers react on Twitter following Steven Gerrard’s official appointment