Attacking midfielder who won the FA Cup and League Cup playing for Liverpool and won two La Liga championships playing for Real Madrid. [8] He also won La Liga twice before moving to Manchester City in 2003. Over his 11 years as an England international, McManaman played in many tournaments such as the UEFA Euro 1996 and the FIFA World Cup 1998. He was often criticised, however, for his inability to score many goals, although he would later improve upon this element of his game during the peak of his career. The couple met while they were at Madrid and tied their knots on 7 July 2002, in Mallorca's Palma Cathedral. [72], McManaman had been named Liverpool stand-in captain at the start of the 1997-98 season,[3][13] but contract negotiations continued to flounder as the club could not match the sums available to McManaman if he left as a free agent at the end of the following campaign. I think he's fantastic, he's certainly a great asset from our point of viewWe don't pick the England team but I see him as the perfect linkman in the international team. There seems to be far less jobs available for the younger guys. "[146] The club had appointed John Toshack as its new coach and had already been forced to sell key players like Predrag Mijatovi, Davor uker and Christian Panucci due to mounting debt, while Seedorf was later released shortly after McManaman arrived. In 2021, McManaman became ABC and ESPN's lead La Liga co-commentator alongside long time partner, Ian Darke. McManaman, however, failed to win over new England coach Glenn Hoddle despite being in excellent club form in the years Hoddle was in charge,[283] raising questions about either his effort, his attitude, or his relationship with the manager, with some sections of the British press even lobbying Hoddle to pick McManaman. [261] McManaman played for City for only two seasons and following Kevin Keegan's resignation in March 2005, never played another game for the club. Renowned for his direct comments, in one of McManaman's broadcasts in February 2008, McManaman found himself criticised in the Liverpool press and by former Liverpool fans when his comments for Setanta after a Merseyside derby, on the ownership issue concerning debt involving Tom Hicks and George N. Gillett Jr. at Anfield went down poorly with the supporters.[374]. [258] The court case came soon after football's "roasting" and rape allegations at Chelsea earlier that year[259] and served only to exacerbate their situations and affected their reputations off and on the pitch at the club, while an incident involving Fowler and McManaman and three other players deliberately missing the team bus at Leicester also did not go down well with the fans, manager and media. He has played for England national team . Nevertheless, McManaman was voted in on the official Liverpool FC website as the club's midfielder of the 1990s,[134] was named by Ruud Gullit as one of his top two players from the entire Premier League era,[135] and despite Liverpool fans' disappointment over the nature of how McManaman conducted his departure, it is believed that many fans still regard McManaman, along with Fowler, as the two players who carried Liverpool through the 1990s. McManaman was a quick, strong, creative, and energetic player, with a tremendous dribbling ability, as well as accurate passing and crossing ability with either foot, which allowed him to create chances and provide assists for team-mates. to him[241]), McManaman headed back to the Premier League. "[293], In David Beckham's eponymous autobiography in 2013, Beckham revealed that on the day after the defeat to Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, when he felt all alone and distraught back at the team hotel, it was McManaman (along with Terry Byrne and the England team's masseur, Steve Slattery), who stayed behind to accompany him and play snooker with him late into the night; in order to help take his mind off the fallout of that defeat (having been made the culprit- in getting sent off during that match - by some sections of the media and fans). Steve McManaman Wiki Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family Age, Wiki Biography and Wiki Steve McManaman was born on 11 February, 1972 in Bootle, United Kingdom, is an English association footballer. Steve McManaman (born 11 February 1972) is a former English football player. [78] In January 1999, it was reported that McManaman was talking to Real with the player reportedly offered 60,000 a week and nearly 2million as a signing-on fee. Steve McManaman is one of England's most decorated footballers who played as a winger for Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Manchester City. He is from United Kingdom. Victoria McManaman F ormer Real Madrid player Steven McManaman and his family have their second home in Son Vida, Mallorca.In a rare interview, his wife Victoria tells abcMallorca about her life today.. Their main home is in England, where Steven is now a football pundit for BT Sport television.But Mallorca holds a special place in Victoria and Steven's hearts: they married in Palma's . who is Steve McManaman's wife? [318][319] Following that, McManaman was not selected for another England squad. It was only when she found out that he was one of England's top young footballers that she had second thoughts. 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That said, I can't do anything without my badges", he told the Liverpool Echo. [262], In 2021, McManaman was classed by Manchester Evening News as one of Manchester City's five worst free transfer signings of all time. [346], In late 2006, McManaman joined production for the film, Goal II: Living the Dream, the sequel to Goal! . [140] In 2020, Sky Sports placed McManaman at number 25 on a list of the "top 50 players to have never won a Premier League title",[141] while FourFourTwo magazine listed McManaman at number 22 on a list of the Premier League's 25 best players of the 1990s. David McManaman, Steve's father, used to help his own dad out with his business in the back streets of Liverpool as a kid. [220][221] The Spanish media frequently covered his love of a Madrid lifestyle, his willingness to learn Spanish[222] and immerse into Spanish culture,[223] his home in La Moraleja,[224] and noted a supposed androgynous resemblance to Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman,[225][226][227] all of which bolstered his amiable image. [233] McManaman later encouraged Welsh footballer Gareth Bale to sign for Madrid a decade later,[234] and upon Bales signing, he gave Bale advice on how to succeed at Madrid. McManaman stated in his biography that he was struggling at the time working out if Eriksson rated him, saying that although he could see reasons why the coach dropped him (Eriksson picked Emile Heskey ahead of McManaman to start the Greece game[313] and only brought McManaman on when England were still 21 down with 15 minutes to go), he (McManaman) wondered: "[I didn't understand it]; if he didn't rate me, why would he bring me on against Greece [when we were losing]?" Steve McMananman is a married man; he dated his girlfriend Victoria Edwards, a barrister and law lecturer at the Autonomous University of Madrid for a long time after knowing each other in 2002. While At Anfield he was given pretty much a free-role and at Real Madrid the players all move about as they pass teams into submission, but England stick to a 4-4-2 formation and that does not suit him. Later that year, McManaman "chose not to play" in the game against Sweden by calling the FA to have himself dropped from the squad,[317] before assistant coach at the time, Tord Grip said: "McManaman has never really played well for England". "[61], In August 1997, Liverpool, having been unable to agree a new contract with McManaman and fearing that the player might leave on a Bosman free transfer, finally accepted a 12million bid for the player from Barcelona;[62][63] Barcelona had previously tried (and failed) to sign McManaman twice before (after the 1996 FA Cup Final and after Euro 96). [90], Having signed the pre-contract with Real Madrid, McManaman still had five months left on his contract at Liverpool. [228][229], In a tribute to McManaman, four years after he left the club, ex-coach Vicente del Bosque told Spanish newspaper AS Marca, that McManaman and Geremi were the two most important players in his squad, because "together they kept the whole team united". who is Steve McManaman? "The galacticos are treated like royalty in Spain,'' says Victoria. [6], In 2015, McManaman was nominated by former team mate Raul as one of his three nominees[354] to participate in the 'Shoot for Love Challenge" fundraiser. Since his retirement, he has worked as a football pundit for Setanta Sports, ESPN and BT Sport. John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. "[76], Numerous European clubs circled the soon-to-be free agent, with Juventus[77] again back in the fray amid huge media speculation, but Real Madrid soon emerged in November through December 1998 as his most likely destination. At Liverpool and Real Madrid, McManaman was in a side that liked to hold possession and move the ball about, pull teams apart and create spaces to move into. [180][181], Real Madrid's hierarchy's change toward McManaman began when Del Bosque gave him his first appearance of the 200001 season as a substitute in a 33 draw against Mlaga in mid-September. In 2020, 90 Minutes magazine named McManaman as one of their 10 most overlooked England players of all time. McManaman's reputation was also not aided by the fact that he was also known for being a serial prankster[330] with Fowler,[331] which did nothing to help new coaches' negative opinions[330][332] about him,[333] with the Spice Boys' image also making it worse, though colleague Gareth Southgate did say McManaman's and Fowler's antics, though "silly", helped foster team spirit. [13] McManaman was said to be natural athlete and cross country champion at school level.[14]. [351] In May 2010, McManaman played for the Real Madrid Veteranos against Milan's Glorie team for charity known as the Corazon Classic, in front of a crowd of 80,000 at the Santiago Bernabu, and in an all-star game featuring Emilio Butragueo, Lus Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Chendo, Alfonso, Paolo Maldini, Cafu, Rui Costa and other world-class football stars. However, this form faltered following a drop in confidence after an incident with Bruce Grobbelaar towards the end of a Merseyside derby, when the players exchanged blows after Grobelaar lambasted McManaman for a poor clearance[31] which led to a goal being conceded (an incident later named as one of the top five bust-ups between team-mates in Premier League history). He had his ways of training and ways of acting and all managers have different ways of doing things; it's the same with club managers. He has played for England national team . [128] Both Rob Jones[129][130] Robbie Fowler also gave two interviews in 201213 in which he stated McManaman was the greatest player they ever played alongside,[131] also stating that he had played with many, many great players, the best of whom was McManaman. His wife unexpectedly passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. He is identified as the most decorated and well-behaved English footballer who played for a club . [390] By 1998, following the success of his well-regarded columns, he also began writing monthly pieces for Esquire magazine. [114], The combination of all these factors meant McManaman suffered a loss of form; however, McManaman managed to rally and pick up his play right at the end of that last campaign. [155] Youngsters Wright-Phillips, Joey Barton, Stephen Ireland and Lee Croft cited McManaman as a major motivating influence on them. [211], McManaman also forced himself to reinvent his game, and transform himself with a versatility that enabled him to play utility roles in the side, thus helping him shake off a nickname he was initially given by the Spanish press, "El Cartero" ("the postman"), suggesting that his delivery was unpredictable. For Madrid, he completed 85% of his dribbles and runs in the league and 83% in Europe but under Eriksson for England he only managed to keep the ball 63% of the timethe general belief for this drop in form when playing for England is simple. [50], From 1996 through 1998, McManaman consistently won several 'Man of the Match' awards,[51][52] and Premier League managers were forced to deploy a man-marker specifically to follow him for an entire game. [392] In 2013, McCoy named his horse for the Chepstow races, "El Macca" in reference to McManaman. [91] New manager Grard Houllier, who had replaced Evans as full coach following the failure of their joint-managerial role that very season,[92] was widely believed to want to get rid of the "Spice Boys" mentality[93] and cavalier attitudes at the club,[94] having told many players they were surplus to requirements (including Jason McAteer, Phil Babb, Rob Jones, Stig Bjornebye, David James and Paul Ince), and where there were exits for seventeen other players who would leave the club in the next year ahead. Yet the policy had its detractors, and according to certain critics in the Spanish press, McManaman and several other players became "victims" as the policy was based more on marketing and revenue generation, and sometimes meant players were picked not according to form, but because of their money-making potential off the pitch. "[231] McManaman was also listed in Spanish-based British sports reporter Sid Lowe's Real Madrid Team of the Decade for the 2000s. Until 2011, McManaman held the record for greatest number of assists in Liverpool history, ahead of Steven Gerrard, who has since overtaken him. Club career statistics change | change source [1] International career statistics change | change source [2] References change | change source Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. We will try to unite Real Madrid through the game although there are sectors that think more about those who are not. [46], McManaman had also been noted for his versatility in his free role, switching from right to left wings, and his ability to play in central midfield, behind the front pair, or as a forward. Steven McManaman, sometimes nicknamed Macca, (born 11 February 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger for Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester City. [164], Real Madrid subsequently accepted first an 11million bid from Middlesbrough and then a 12million bid for McManaman from Chelsea[173] that included the exchange of Tore Andr Flo, in the summer of 2000, both of which the player rejected. [88] A year on, however, McManaman continued to dishonour the deal. 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