Michael Edwards is to be appointed Liverpool’s first sporting director, a position that will see him take the lead role in transfer negotiations at Anfield. He has progressed from head of performance and analysis to director of technical performance, to technical director, his current job, while being part of Liverpool’s transfer committee. The key difference between Edwards’s responsibilities as technical and sporting director will be on transfers, where he will lead talks with agents and players. Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, is understood to be fully supportive of the sporting director role and the appointment of Edwards. Klopp worked with a sporting director throughout his 14 years as a coach in Germany.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 22:30 UTC