Liverpool's loans manager David Woodfine will leave the club at the end of the season after spending nine years at Anfield.
Woodfine, who joined the Reds in 2014 after serving as West Ham United's head of performance analysis and has carried out a variety of roles during his time on Merseyside, has been tasked with managing loan moves for the club's youngsters since succeeding Julian Ward in December 2020.
He has since been responsible for developing relationships with clubs across the English Football League and further afield in Europe and recently helped academy graduates such as Leighton Clarkson, Tyler Morton and Neco Williams earn a first taste of life within the men's professional game.
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However, as first reported by Goal, the ECHO understands that Woodfine will leave Liverpool at the end of the season and that the club's current head of academy recruitment, Matt Newberry, will fulfil the role on an initial basis before a permanent replacement is sounded out in the months ahead.
Woodfine's is the latest backroom departure at the club. Ward, who replaced Michael Edwards as sporting director at the end of last season, will leave in the summer, along with director of research Dr Ian Graham.
Will Spearman, who is currently the Reds' lead data scientist, will succeed Dr Graham. But the club is yet to make a decision on Ward's successor.
However, Jorg Schmadtke, who held a similar role at Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg as recently as January of this year, is in talks to take on the position.
Manager Jurgen Klopp, chief executive Billy Hogan and FSG president Mike Gordon are all playing a leading role in the search for what will be club's third sporting director since May 2022.
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