Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are two great former footballers who faced one another 20 times as Premier League midfielders. But as they meet for the first time as managers, they’re two relatively young coaches wrestling with their own team’s tactics and trying to find winning formulas.
Their careers continue to intertwine — the debate used to be about who was the better midfielder but maybe we’ll be having that same conversation in 10 years’ time about who’s the better boss.
Aston Villa and Everton are famous clubs with huge fanbases. I know that, having represented both, and the expectations will not be easy to manage for Gerrard and Lampard.