With Liverpool now anticipated to announce the return of Michael Edwards in a wider off-field function, two of their closest rivals shall be left disillusioned.
In line with widespread experiences, Fenway Sports activities Group are set to shut on a deal to reunite with Edwards after two years away from Liverpool.
The previous sporting director will take up a wider function inside the possession group, which incorporates overseeing all soccer operations at Anfield.
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It’s a shock improvement, with Edwards having solely left the membership in 2022 and already rejecting a return quickly after Jurgen Klopp‘s tendered his resignation.
However it’s a massively constructive one for Liverpool and FSG, with the 44-year-old presiding over a significant restructure of the membership on and off the pitch.
His return, when confirmed, will come after rejecting advances from each Man United and Chelsea.
Not lengthy after his departure from Merseyside, Sky Sports activities‘ Melissa Reddy reported that Edwards had turned down a proposal from Chelsea for a “CEO of Soccer” place.
That’s just like that which he’s anticipated to take up at Liverpool, however whereas he was “,” Reddy explains that “the timing was not proper as he [stuck] to his dedication of spending time together with his household.”
Man United‘s renewed curiosity was reported by the Impartial‘s Miguel Delaney in November of final 12 months, having seen earlier experiences of a deal described as “fiction.”
Edwards was clearly not open to a transfer to Previous Trafford, with Newcastle sporting director Dan Ashworth as a substitute focused by INEOS.
The switch chief was additionally of curiosity to Paris Saint-Germain, previous to the tip of his spell at Liverpool, with the Telegraph‘s Sam Wallace reporting in March 2022.
Reddy and Delaney additionally reported for the Impartial in December 2021 – a month after the information of his resignation – that Actual Madrid had hoped to rent Edwards.
FSG seem to have made their supply at simply the precise time, then, regardless of Edwards solely not too long ago taking on a place with sports activities consultancy group Ludonautics.
There, he works alongside former Liverpool director of analysis Ian Graham, however The Athletic‘s David Ornstein writes that “as a non-executive director he wouldn’t be prevented from coming into into employment elsewhere.”
Remarkably, although, the Mail‘s Matt Hughes reported on Thursday night time that Man United had held talks with Ludonautics over a attainable collaboration.
Nevertheless, it’s maintained that “they aren’t working for the membership.”
