Championship news: Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard emerges as 'leading contender' for second-tier job

Liverpool fable Steven Gerrard is reportedly successful contention to go the adjacent Bristol City manager.

With the regular Championship run having reached a conclusion, galore managerial changes are expected implicit the coming weeks.

Former England brag Roy Hodgson volition beryllium departing Ashton Gate aft lone penning a short-term contract. He leaves the nine having accumulated 11 points from 7 games and helped Bristol City to a 12th-placed decorativeness successful the Championship table.

From Gerrard's perspective, helium has been retired of enactment since his exit from Saudi Arabian nine Al-Ettifaq successful January 2025.

While tax-related issues related to his clip successful the Middle East is partially wherefore helium has not returned to management, the erstwhile England midfielder has besides been prepared to bide his clip for his adjacent job.

Gerrard successful contention for Bristol City job?

According to Football Insider, Gerrard is present viewed arsenic a starring contender for the vacant presumption astatine Bristol City.

At this constituent successful time, the 45-year-old is seemingly viewed arsenic 1 of respective candidates for the position.

Speaking to the Transfer Insider podcast, analogous Pete O'Rourke said: "He is keen to instrumentality to the dugout sooner than later, and helium would beryllium unfastened to the anticipation of a determination to a Championship club.

“There’s been links with Bristol City successful the Championship. Obviously, Roy Hodgson won’t proceed astatine Bristol City.

“He’s present escaped of immoderate taxation issues from his clip managing successful Saudi Arabia with Al-Ettifaq. That clears the way for immoderate imaginable determination backmost into absorption successful England arsenic well.

“Maybe he’s reasoning helium could travel a akin way [to Frank Lampard], marque a determination to the Championship and instrumentality implicit a nine wherever helium could possibly pb them to Premier League."

Would Gerrard beryllium a suitable acceptable to Bristol City?

Although Gerrard won the Scottish Premiership rubric with Rangers, his win-percentages astatine Aston Villa and Al-Ettifaq were beneath 40%

As such, his managerial estimation is not what it erstwhile was, and a Premier League occupation is improbable to contiguous itself to Gerrard.

There has been speech of a relation astatine Liverpool if Xabi Alonso returns to Anfield arsenic caput coach, but the Championship is Gerrard's champion stake if helium wants to stay arsenic the main man.

In galore ways, Bristol City is the perfect club. Gerrard would beryllium warmly-welcomed, financially-backed and helium would pull players that whitethorn not ordinarily take to determination to Bristol City, who person ne'er played successful the Premier League.

While helium whitethorn beryllium prepared to hold to spot what different offers materialise, Gerrard could instrumentality the accidental if helium is presented to him.