Liverpool look to have identified their ideal replacement for outgoing sporting director Julian Ward.
After surprising manager Jurgen Klopp with his decision to leave Anfield at the end of this season, having spent just one year in the role following Michael Edwards' departure last summer, Ward has left an important position vacant. The Reds have been searching for a successor throughout the campaign and seem to have landed on their man: Paul Mitchell.
According to Get Football News France, Liverpool chiefs have been in talks with the current Monaco transfer chief over a potential move to replace Ward. It's expected that Mitchell, who hails from Stalybridge and was previously tipped to join Manchester United, will leave the principality this year and Reds executives hope to prise him to Anfield.
