Michael Edwards, right, with Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp in 2019.Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images
Liverpool’s former sporting director Michael Edwards has agreed to return to the club to oversee the club’s football operations post-Jürgen Klopp.
Edwards met senior executives of Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owner, in Boston recently to discuss the details of his new role and confirmation of his appointment is expected soon. The 44-year-old, who rejected an approach from FSG in January to return as sporting director, will take a more senior position such as head of football operations.
Edwards’ immediate task will be to appoint a new sporting director – Bournemouth’s technical director Richard Hughes is favourite for that vacancy – and recruit Klopp’s successor as Liverpool manager. Xabi Alonso, the former Liverpool midfielder who has guided Bayer Leverkusen to the top of the Bundesliga, is the frontrunner.
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FSG have made a concerted effort to rehire Edwards, who left Liverpool after 10 highly successful years in 2022 and has rejected numerous approaches from other clubs. He has been working as a consultant at the sports advisory business Ludonautics, a company founded by Liverpool’s former director of research Ian Graham.
