I’ll tell you what, whoever posed the question of who would you sign; that’s a very VERY difficult question.
In their prime, both were absolutely World Class Players. Laudrup did things for us that no other player could. Gerrard dragged a side that could be described as “ok” to a Champions League triumph as well as many other titles.
To choose one would be nigh on impossible, but if I’m being honest right now I would have to say I would sign Gerrard for my team over Laudrup. The reason being is that Gerrard could do everything that you want in a midfielder, tackle, drive forward, shoot, cajole, lead, inspire, show desire in every game, have that nasty streak. Laudrup was a luxury player in every sense that could bring magic on demand, and could win games with majestic skill and bring happiness to a dull game just by beating a man and then going back and doing it again, but he couldn’t drag a team from behind to win the match, nor could he inspire teams to victory by his sheer presence on the field like Gerrard could.
Id rather have had the two of them on the same team on the same pitch together right enough, that would have been something else!!