Liverpool sporting director latest as Michael Edwards favourite now available and FSG consider options
And so it continues. The announcement on Tuesday that Richard Hughes is leaving his post as Bournemouth technical director at the end of the season has served to intensify speculation over what Liverpool are planning this summer.
The Reds, of course, are in the midst of a major restructure of their football operation given the senior roles that will soon need to be occupied, with Jurgen Klopp leaving his role as manager after almost nine years in charge and assistant managers Pep Lijnders and Peter Krawietz following suit. Sporting director Jorg Schmadtke has already departed.
Those imminent exits have prompted a flurry of rumour and conjecture with Fenway Sports Group having long initiated the process of filling such sizeable vacancies.
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Xabi Alonso, the former Liverpool midfielder enjoying a remarkable unbeaten season in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen, was swiftly installed as the favourite to replace Klopp and remains high on FSG'S list along with Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim. Roberto De Zerbi of Brighton and Julian Nagelsmann, the Germany national team manager, are the others most strongly linked.
With Bayern Munich and Barcelona seeking new managers in the close season, there will be strong competition for major names who make clear they would welcome seeking pastures new. And there is a similar situation regards sporting directors, a position traditionally rarely employed in English football but one that has grown in prominence and importance as Premier League clubs have edged ever nearer a more European structure behind the
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