Jorg Schmadtke is the frontrunner to become Liverpool’s next sporting director and is in talks with the Premier League club about taking over from Julian Ward, who will leave in the summer.
No deal has yet been agreed with Schmadtke, who is available after leaving Wolfsburg in February, and other candidates are under consideration but the German has emerged as the surprise favourite to take over at Anfield and take responsibility for Liverpool’s transfer business.
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