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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Liverpool owners hope to lure Michael Edwards back for post-Klopp rebuild

Michael Edwards (left), with Jürgen Klopp and FSG president Mike Gordon in 2019
Michael Edwards (left), with Jürgen Klopp and FSG president Mike Gordon in 2019. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images

Liverpool’s owners met Michael Edwards in Boston on Sunday in their attempts to convince the club’s former sporting director to shape the post-Jürgen Klopp era at Anfield.

Fenway Sports Group’s principal owner, John W Henry, and president, Mike Gordon, were among the senior executives who held talks with Edwards about returning to the club he left in 2022. The 44-year-old, a consultant at the sports advisory business Ludonautics, is regarded by FSG as the ideal candidate to lead Liverpool’s transition when Klopp steps down after nine hugely successful years as manager this summer. However, the club’s owners will need to offer a more powerful role than sporting director to tempt Edwards back.

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