Here is your Liverpool morning digest for Monday, November 28.
Liverpool appoint new club doctor
Liverpool have appointed former England national team staff member Jonathan Power as their new club doctor.
Power, who hails from West Derby, will join up with the Reds squad in Dubai for their warm-weather training camp before assuming full responsibilities in early 2023.
He was with the Football Association for almost 10 years in a variety of roles and had also previously been at Brentford and worked with both codes of rugby in Leeds.
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Power is currently a consultant in sports and exercise medicine at the Centre for Sports and Orthopaedic Medicine in Bermuda while also the Director of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Yorkshire Sports Exercise Clinic.
Liverpool have been to make an appointment since Dr Jim Moxon departed in August after two years in the role.
Head of Academy Medical, Bevin McCartan, and club physician Sarah Lindsay have temporarily assumed the primary medical duties with the first team this season and have travelled to matches. Andreas Schlumberger, Liverpool's head of recovery and performance, has also taken on extra responsibilities.
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Liverpool could be about to strengthen their midfield thanks to Darwin Nunez
Liverpool are navigating uncertain times off the pitch at Anfield as FSG look to sell the club, with confirmation that both sporting director Julian Ward and director of research Ian Graham are set to leave the Reds following earlier this week.
Ward ’s resignation was a shock, given he had only succeeded Michael Edwards in the post last summer. And while Graham handed in his notice in the close-season, the exits of both creates a gasping void in Liverpool ’s recruitment team.
Yet it doesn’t change the fact that the Reds are in need of a midfield revamp and indeed plan to overhaul their engine room in 2023, following on from the restructure of their attack in 2023 which saw Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho all join the club as Sadio Mane, Divock Origi and Takumi Minamino departed.
Jurgen Klopp currently boasts 10 senior midfielders at Anfield, yet the majority of his options are a combination of ageing, injury-prone and/or out of contract. Meanwhile, vice-captain James Milner, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Juventus loanee Arthur Melo aren’t currently contracted to remain at Anfield next season.
Therefore, regardless of who owns Liverpool Football Club and who heads up their recruitment team, such business is desperately needed in the months ahead. Whether the January transfer window comes too soon to address it, only time will tell, but having seen the Reds move early to bring in Diaz last winter, it’s obvious what Kopites will be hoping for in the new year.
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