Steven Gerrard will relish the battle against the Premier League's best coaches and will hold 'no inferiority complex' after swapping Rangers for Aston Villa, according to his former team-mate Jamie Carragher.
Gerrard, 41, was confirmed as Villa's latest manager on Thursday morning and he will now start work ahead of his first game in charge against Brighton on November 20.
Villa have made a surprisingly poor start to the campaign and boyhood fan Dean Smith was shown the door with the club 16th in the Premier League.
Steven Gerrard agreed to leave Rangers to become the new manager at Aston Villa
Ex-team-mate Jamie Carragher says Gerrard will have no fear coming up against the Premier League's best managers such as Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp (left) and Man City's Pep Guardiola
For Carragher, who enjoyed rich success as a player at Liverpool alongside Gerrard, his close friend was presented with a decision to join and it was a 'no brainer'.