GRAEME SOUNESS has refuted suggestions that Steven Gerrard will move onto “bigger and better” things once he leaves Ibrox.
Gerrard is consistently linked to jobs in the English Premiership, and it is no secret that one day he will likely be Liverpool boss. But according to Souness, Gerrard would struggle to find a club with a better stature than the one he currently manages.
And the Liverpool and Ibrox legend added that Rangers could challenge for the English Premiership title – if they had the same TV revenue their English counterparts enjoy.
Speaking on the Robbie Fowler podcast, Souness gave a firm response when asked if Gerrard would move onto “bigger and better things”.
"I don’t think you get much bigger and better than Rangers,” he claimed. “Rangers, as you know is a monster football club. Don’t underestimate the size of Rangers.
"If it was a level playing field, if they had the same money coming in from television as the big clubs in England and if they were playing in the Premier League, they’d be challenging for the title. Make no mistake of that.
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"History has been unkind to them the way the game has evolved in Scotland and money has been introduced through television to England.
"Getting back to Steven, he’s done a wonderful job. If you go back to last year when they played Celtic, they were better. But they came back from Dubai very much in it, this time last year, and blew up for whatever reason.
"This year they’ve been sensational with their consistency and that’s how you win leagues. You also have to say factor in that Celtic have imploded. Celtic have imploded on the field and off the field.
"They had a difficult time at Rangers and he went in there at a very difficult time. He’s done a brilliant job but it’s not about bigger and better when you leave Glasgow Rangers. It’s a different challenge."
Souness, now a regular pundit on Sky Sports, also added that if he had to pick between Rangers and Liverpool it’s the Glasgow team who would get his vote.
"I was a Rangers supporter as a boy, that was my first love,” he conceded. You look at results for all the clubs you’ve been involved in throughout your career, the first two I look for are Liverpool and Rangers.
"Rangers slightly first, sorry to say."
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