Steven Gerrard has revealed how Brendan Rodgers stopped his plans to sign two Leicester City players on loan during his time at Rangers.

Rodgers and Gerrard went head-to-head on the touchline during the Northern Irishman’s first spell in charge at Celtic and Gerrard’s time at Ibrox, years after working together at Liverpool.

Steven Gerrard tried to sign Harvey Barnes and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Speaking on The Overlap Daily, Gerrard revealed that he tried to bring former Foxes stars Harvey Barnes and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to the club on loan.

The pair caught the former England international’s eye during an U23s match and knew he wanted them in the squad, but soon had his approach knocked back by Rodgers.

“We played their Under-23s in an international break with Rangers to give minutes to the lads that had stayed behind,” he revealed.

“As soon as the game finished, I am saying to Mark Allen – who was the sporting director at the time – ‘can you get those two on loan. Do whatever we need to do to get me them on loan.’

“Unfortunately, Brendan Rodgers was the manager, so yeah that was probably the reason.”

The Foxes and Rangers have done business in the past though, with Calvin Bassey joining the Glasgow club on a free transfer and becoming a fan favourite while Leicester legend Andy King spent a brief period on loan.