Michael Edwards is in the frame for a return to Liverpool where he played such a pivotal part in setting up the club on the pathway to success.
Edwards left Liverpool in 2022 after 10 years and despite having many offers to join rival clubs including Chelsea, the 44 year-old has instead taken up a role as a consultant at the sports advisory business Ludonautics.
Edwards met with FSG in Boston last weekend as they conducted a meeting about what role he could possibly play in the post Jurgen Klopp era.
However as the Guardian reports, it will not be a return to the Sporting Director role with Edwards wanting a role that holds more control that covers a lot more areas such as Head of Football Operations.
If last summer was pivotal in shaping Liverpool 2.0 as Jurgen Klopp famously referred to it, this summer shapes as even more vital.
As we have seen in the modern era, even powerful clubs can quickly fall to insignificant status rather quickly if they do not get the off field appointments spot on.
Finding the right replacement for Klopp is naturally is the key job for the top brass, and with Liverpool having a fine season and still with a number of World Class talent and exciting talent coming through, it remains one of the plumb jobs for any manager wanting to challenge themselves at the elite level.
If Edwards agrees to a Liverpool return in the Head of Football Operations role, he would be the man that would lead the search for that along with finding a new Sporting director after Jorg Schmadtke filled the role temporarily last summer.
Xabi Alonso is the man firmly in the frame to fill the role, but it is believed that Liverpool are playing a much more respectful role in trying to bring him ‘home’ knowing that he still has his full focus in guiding Bayer Leverkusen land their first Bundesliga, this is compared to Bayern Munich who are publicly courting the 42 year-old.
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