Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson insists Rangers boss Steven Gerrard isn't ready for the Anfield job.

The Scottish giants were confirmed as Premiership champions for the first time in a decade on Sunday, with Gerrard earning plaudits for masterminding their rise and overtaking bitter rivals Celtic.

And with Jurgen Klopp's position uncertain amid Liverpool's miserable title defence, reports have linked Gerrard with a return to Anfield as soon as this summer.

But Lawrenson wrote for BBC Sport: "What I would say is that, for all the success at Rangers, managing Liverpool is on a different spectrum.

"It would be a massive step. It would be a big gamble for the club's owners - Fenway Sports Group - to appoint him.

"I think the one-eyed Liverpool fan would be saying 'Get Stevie G in' if Jurgen Klopp were to leave, but I think others would take a step back and go: 'he's done an absolutely fabulous job at Rangers, he was a great player, but maybe he would need to take another job in the Premier League first'."