Ajax have an advantage in securing Julian Ward's services when he leaves Liverpool this summer, with the Reds blocking him from joining another English club so soon, it's been claimed.
The Anfield transfer chief, who succeeded the highly-rated Michael Edwards less than a year ago as Liverpool's sporting director, is being eyed by Ajax to take up their vacant role. Since the Dutch giants parted ways with their sporting director, Marc Overmars, last February - after it emerged that he'd sent inappropriate messages to female colleagues - the bigwigs at the Johan Cruyff Arena have used a combination of technical director Gerry Hamstra and advisor of management Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to fill the void.
