The March international break has typically offered Jurgen Klopp and his staff the chance to step away from the coalface at Liverpool and plan ahead for the coming months.
With most of his players usually away on duty for their respective nations, Klopp and his trusted confidants have tended to discuss the prospect of freshening up the squad for the coming summer window.
Speaking 12 months ago, Klopp pulled the curtain back slightly on what happens at this time of the year at the AXA Training Centre, saying: “That is the only thing we do in the international break, apart from have a few days off. The player side (was) positive, I would say. But (it was) talks not decisions – but we are busy.”
This time around, however, it's a very different strategy for the manager and his backroom team as they close in on their final two months at Anfield. Those discussions and talks around potential arrivals for later this year are now the business of others, with Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes tasked with moving the club into an exciting new direction from this summer.
Edwards has been appointed Fenway Sports Group's 'CEO of football', which means he is effectively replacing FSG president Mike Gordon as the day-to-day runner of Liverpool FC with Hughes confirmed last week as the new sporting director too.
Edwards - who set up a consultancy firm with the Reds' former head of research, Ian Graham, after leaving the club in 2022 - is officially slated to begin his expansive new role on June 1 with Hughes pencilled in to begin on the same date.
With Liverpool set for what is expected to be a lucrative tour of the United States in late July, it's inconceivable that the search for Klopp's replacement will only get underway when
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