Right wing as well at times, it was only really the last 2-3 years of his career, when his legs were going/gone, that he seemed to twig on to how to play in a more orthodox midfield role. Liverpool struggled for years, until Benitez realized the futility of it, to fit Gerrard into a standard midfield role. England famously as well with that ludicrous Gerrard/Lampard phase. You can see why managers want players like Gerrard and Pogba to take on that role, guys with that level of ability plus athleticism solve a lot of problems for managers if they can harness it.
Haaman was also a great help for Gerrard, who was probably more consistently dynamic than Pogba, certainly played at a higher tempo, for good and ill.