Michael Edwards has quit as chief executive of football for Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group. The hugely influential Edwards informed FSG in autumn 2025 of his intention to step down once he felt plans for Liverpool’s future were in place. FSG confirmed his exit on Friday, having wanted him to stay.
Edwards’ decision is linked to FSG abandoning plans to add a second club to its football portfolio. He was enticed back to Liverpool in March 2024 to oversee the transition from the Jürgen Klopp era, having been given a much broader remit than he had as the club’s first sporting director, a position in which he flourished from 2016 to 2022.
