Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan has paid tribute to outgoing sporting director Michael Edwards and says Julian Ward is the ideal man to further his predecessor's fine work at Anfield.
Edwards will leave the club at the end of the season after over a decade of service behind the scenes on Merseyside. Having joined the club in 2011 as head of performance and analysis, he then became technical director, but it was his role as Liverpool's maiden sporting director where the famously low-key analyst truly established his reputation among the club's worldwide fanbase.
Edwards was instrumental in helping bring together most of the current squad that Jurgen Klopp has at his disposal, while also ensuring Liverpool received good sums for players who were surplus to requirements at Anfield.
