FOOTBALL

Michael Edwards returns to Liverpool to lead post-Jürgen Klopp era

Edwards back at Anfield as chief executive of football, while Bournemouth’s Richard Hughes will be sporting director from this summer after German manager departs
Paul Joyce
, Northern Football Correspondent
The Times
Edwards, left, spent a decade at Liverpool before leaving in 2022, but has agreed to return after holding talks with FSG management that included Gordon, right
Edwards, left, spent a decade at Liverpool before leaving in 2022, but has agreed to return after holding talks with FSG management that included Gordon, right
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Paul Joyce
, Northern Football Correspondent
The Times

Michael Edwards will help to shape the post-Jürgen Klopp era at Liverpool after agreeing to return in a high-powered role, heading football operations for club owner Fenway Sports Group.

His official title will be FSG chief executive of football, succeeding Mike Gordon as the day-to-day decision-maker on all footballing matters. Gordon, the FSG president and a key figure in Liverpool’s rise, intends to reduce his involvement in the sport. He will remain on the FSG board into which Edwards will now report.

Edwards, who had previously rebuffed interest from Chelsea and Manchester United, will also be charged with helping to identify a second club, from which Liverpool can attract global talent, and he will lead a restructure of Liverpool’s footballing hierarchy.

One of Edwards’s first