Liverpool have a plan to influence former sporting director Michael Edwards to return again to Anfield.
Edwards departed Anfield in the summertime of 2022 after six years of success. Working alongside Jurgen Klopp and the remainder of the membership’s Fenway Sports Group possession, the Reds received the Champions League, the Premier League, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Club World Cup and reached two different Champions League finals, the Europa League last and the League Cup Final.
He additionally performed an enormous position within the arrivals of Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Mohamed Salah and lots of extra. The former Anfield supremo left the membership as he needed to take a break free from soccer. However, with Klopp departing on the finish of the season, FSG reportedly need Edwards to retake the reins and information the membership into a brand new period.
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According to the Telegraph, Edwards would need whole management of soccer operations on the Reds if he was to think about coming again to the membership. The 44-year-old has already rejected a earlier strategy to return again by the membership in addition to one from Chelsea.
Fenway are believed to be prepared to have one last crack at luring Edwards again to the crimson facet of Merseyside. Moreover, it is understood Edwards is but to present any impression he desires to return again to the membership. However, Liverpool followers assume it might be superb if he does.
“Hand him the keys. Sporting CEO. Let him run the present,” said one fan. A second wrote: “We’re getting the band back together”. One notably fan stated: “Give that man something he desires.”
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Another fan tweeted it might be a “dream” if he’s to return, whereas one other added: “This is large. Probably extra necessary than the brand new supervisor.”
FSG have been in search of a brand new sporting director ever since Edwards’ alternative, Julian Ward, stood down in the summertime of 2023. Jorg Schmadtke acted as a stop-gap sporting director till he resigned in 2023.
With Klopp now departing the membership, Liverpool’s necessities have needed to be adjusted. Initially, they had been believed to be looking for a director who can particularly cater to Klopp’s wants.
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Now the long-lasting boss is leaving, FSG are after a director who can take cost of the entire membership.
It is a busy time for the membership’s homeowners who’re additionally deciding who to nominate as supervisor. Xabi Alonso, the previous Reds midfielder and present Bayer Leverkusen supervisor, is the highest contender, however he’s additionally reportedly needed by Bayern Munich.
Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim can also be understood to be within the working for the place. The new director may even need to make a key determination on the way forward for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah and Van Dijk, who all have just one yr left on their contract.