Your morning Liverpool digest for Monday, March 20.
Liverpool have chance to land sporting director who could be perfect option for FSG
Many football supporters are obsessed with transfers and the idea that spending enormous sums - ‘winning’ the transfer window – is the fast track pathway to glory. Yet the list of the most expensive signings of all time demonstrates a big price tag is no guarantee of success, either on an individual or team level.
Getting the most out of any transfer is extremely difficult, no matter the cost. It won’t set pulses racing or win any banter wars on social media, but appointing the correct person to oversee the transfer process is arguably more important for a club than any one signing can possibly be.,
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Liverpool have proved this theory better than most, with the work of former sporting director Michael Edwards so successful that fans joke about building a statue of him outside Anfield. His successor Julian Ward oversaw the signings of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez but will leave the club this summer. Ward is now rumoured to be the favourite for a similar role at Ajax but who will replace him at Liverpool?
Football Insider have claimed that it could be Tim Steidten, a 43-year-old former defensive midfielder who was sporting director at Bayer Leverkusen but left by mutual consent earlier this week. Steidten was strongly linked with a move to Chelsea following Todd Boehly’s purchase of the club last year, while Manchester United and Tottenham as well as Liverpool are now reportedly considering acquiring his services.
Read the full story, here.
Luis Suarez pays tribute to Lucas Leiva with six-word message in goal celebration
Luis Suarez dedicated his latest Gremio goal to Lucas Leiva following the ex-Liverpool midfielder being forced to retire from football.
It was announced by Lucas on Friday he would be stepping away from the game for good due to a heart condition, leaving the Brazilian in tears as he shared this news at a club press conference.
Lucas had signed for his maiden professional club, Gremio, last summer and was reunited with former Reds team-mate Suarez in December after the Uruguayan's decision to take on a new challenge in Brazil.
News of his retirement resulted in messages of support from a number of individuals associated with Liverpool and Suarez made sure to show his respect after getting on the scoresheet in Gremio's Campeonato Gaúcho [a competition for clubs based in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul] semi-final first leg versus Ypiranga FC.
Read the full story, here.
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