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Whilst it might sound a bit strange at first, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t treat it any less seriously.
According to Football Insider, Leeds United are ‘keeping tabs’ on Rangers boss Steven Gerrard in case they find themselves in a position where current head coach Marcelo Bielsa decides to leave Elland Road.
Indeed according to the report, they were looking at the possibility of signing him this summer gone by had Bielsa departed.
Whilst it seems like it is Gerrard’s destiny to manage Liverpool one day, with even current Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp more or less writing it in stone that it should be the former captain to replace him in the dugout in a recent interview with FourFourTwo, he has to earn his way there rather than being pushed to the front of the line just because of his history.
When Shaun Hutchinson joined Fulham back in 2014, he called the Championship ‘a step up’ from the Scottish Premiership, essentially calling the top tier in Scotland about the same level as League One in England.
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Keeping up that line of thought, it only seems right that someone like Gerrard should go through the divisions to prove himself.
So why shouldn’t Leeds at least consider him as an option? And at the same time, why wouldn’t Gerrard be tempted at the idea?
The Leeds fans might not be wholly convinced by the whole premise, but if he can have as big an impact with the Whites as he has done with Rangers, it’s only right he should be getting a look-in.
Gerrard has done an incredible job of turning the Gers around since taking over at Ibrox and has already enabled them to rise from what was a previously dark place.
He helped deliver their first victory over Celtic in 11 attempts and has taken Rangers from 12 points behind their Old Firm rivals in the league before he took over, to now sitting two points ahead of them.
Therefore, he has clearly shown that he has got some managerial ability in him and has a future in the game.
If he’s helped bring Rangers back into relevancy, why can’t he do the same with Leeds? It certainly seems the 39-year-old likes a challenge.
If there is to be that ‘next step’ for him to take before he eventually gets the Liverpool job as it seems inevitable he will get someday, then a ‘sleeping giant’ club like Leeds should be on his radar, and Gerrard must remain on theirs. That’s particularly if they’re in need of someone who can rebuild them.
That will, of course, depend on if they achieve promotion.