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One architect of Liverpool’s rise had a strange anonymity. Michael Edwards was the transfer guru who helped build Premier League- and Champions League-winning sides on budget. Yet when he returned to Anfield this year as Fenway Sports Group’s CEO of football, Liverpool’s search for a photograph of Edwards took some time. The one they eventually found, from when Jurgen Klopp signed his contract extension, still came with the German’s arm around Edwards’ shoulder.