'Gerrard can help Scottish game'

Gerrard has been strongly linked with the Rangers job and last week revealed that talks had taken place between himself and the Glasgow club. 

"The prospect of a global name like Steven Gerrard coming into the Scottish game can only be seen as a good thing," McInnes said. 

"I’d prefer it if he was a player. Because what a player he was: a fantastic leader of man and Liverpool and for England.

"There’s a lot of good managers, a lot of high-profile managers that have managed at a higher level [in Scotland at the moment] and certainly if Steven Gerrard was to come into it on the back of his playing career it would certainly be box-office name.

"It can only help the Scottish game, I’m sure."