Michael Edwards new role could transform Liverpool transfer strategy and trigger FSG rethink

Having decided to take a sabbatical and leave his role as Liverpool's sporting director at the end of the 2021/22 season, Michael Edwards is back in the building.

As Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group faced a post-Jurgen Klopp era after the Reds boss’ decision to call it a day at Anfield come the end of this current campaign, the first port of call was trying to tempt back the man who had been such a key part of the Reds’ glorious spell between late 2018 and 2022.

Edwards was courted by a host of the world’s biggest sides, with Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Chelsea, all linked with attempts to lure him from his time away from the game and into new roles to try and bottle some of the magic he had at Liverpool.

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Edwards had been working with another former key member of the Reds staff, ex-director of research Ian Graham, with the data analytics firm Graham had set up in early 2023, Ludonautics, but had privately told people that he did not want to be a sporting director again.

FSG’s January attempts to lure Edwards failed but, undeterred, they tried again, this time with a different role, one where Edwards won’t actually be working for Liverpool, instead becoming FSG’s CEO of football.

As things stand, those FSG football operations consist of one team; Liverpool.

Earlier this month, Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan saw his role with FSG expand, taking on additional responsibilities as head of FSG International, his responsibilities as Liverpool CEO not changing. In terms of FSG’s international sporting assets, they have one; Liverpool.

Now, in the case of Hogan,