Liverpool‘s homeowners Fenway Sports Group have met face-to-face with former switch guru Michael Edwards as they give the impression of being to nominate a brand new sporting director and supervisor.
The Reds’ bosses are eager for Edwards to return to Anfield and assist restructure the membership, particularly since Jurgen Klopp is ready to go away on the finish of the season and Jorg Schmadtke has already left his function as sporting director. He is among the most highly-rated figures working in soccer following his earlier spell at Liverpool, when he helped signal stars equivalent to Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Virgil Van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Andrew Robertson.
Reports counsel Edwards met with senior FSG executives, together with principal proprietor John Henry and president Mike Gordon, in Boston final week. This comes after he initially turned down an strategy from Gordon to debate issues following the announcement of Klopp’s departure in January.
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Edwards who left his place as sporting director at Liverpool in the summertime of 2022 after greater than a decade on the membership, is being provided a extra senior function. Since leaving, he has been working in soccer by means of knowledge consultancy Ludonautics, which he shaped with Liverpool’s former director of analysis Ian Graham. The firm is at present serving to a number of English golf equipment.
The 44-year-old has rejected quite a few approaches from golf equipment since leaving Anfield and turned down an preliminary strategy from FSG in January when contacted concerning the risk as returning as sporting director. It is believed FSG hope to lure him again to Anfield with a brand new far-reaching function, equivalent to head of soccer operations.
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He would then be a part of the method of appointing a brand new sporting director, who can then help find Klopp’s alternative, studies the Liverpool Echo. Richard Hughes, a pal of Edwards, is accessible this summer time after asserting he is leaving his function at Bournemouth.
That has led to followers envisaging a state of affairs the place Edwards – heralded for a string of shrewd offers that noticed Liverpool conquer all earlier than them beneath Klopp after they turned champions of England, Europe and the World – would head a brand new construction. It’s speculated that might see the highly-rated Hughes working beneath Edwards and in tandem with the bookmakers’ favorite for the supervisor’s place, former Reds midfielder and now Bayer Leverkusen supervisor Xabi Alonso.
Responding to studies, Liverpool supporters branded the trio a possible “dream team”. Posting on X (previously Twitter), one fan mentioned: “The dream start for summer 2024.” A second mentioned: “That would be some start to life after Klopp.” Another mentioned: “Oh we are staying at the top.” And a fourth fan added: “Young and vibrant… experts in their domains.”
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Quite a lot of names have been touted as alternate options for the sporting director place at Anfield. Tiago Pinto, who left Roma earlier this yr, can also be up for grabs, together with ex-Roma and AC Milan director Frederic Massara. West Ham United’s Tim Steidten, who was instrumental in bringing Alonso to Leverkusen, and Florent Ghisolfi from French staff Nice are additionally being linked.
Alonso is the highest decide to take over from Klopp, nevertheless it has been broadly reported that Liverpool may face a problem from Bayern Munich if the Spaniard decides to go away the Bundesliga leaders. Ruben Amorim from Sporting Lisbon is one other title that FSG have been maintaining a tally of, with a delegation mentioned to have travelled to Portugal to look at his aspect in motion.