This week's Blood Red column on the Liverpool return of Michael Edwards, FSG's new 'CEO of football' and what it means for the recruitment of Jurgen Klopp's successor
For Michael Edwards, it was supposed to be the culmination of a decade's work and the perfect time to say goodbye at Liverpool.
Instead, as he danced the afternoon away in the front row of the Paris fan park just hours before the 2022 Champions League final with Real Madrid, this was Edwards bidding farewell in more jocular style; performing air guitar in a replica shirt while he sang along to every word of the Lightning Seeds' set.
From June 1 onwards - when his resignation from the Ludonautics consultancy firm he established with Liverpool's former director of research, Ian Graham, kicks in - Edwards becomes the de facto head of Liverpool FC, answering to the FSG board but now in place of Mike Gordon as the day-to-day boss at Anfield. It's quite the promotion.
Klopp added: "I think it is a top solution, honestly, and our conversation was obviously great. We spoke about a lot of things, about what I think about different things, players, stuff like this, situations in the club because I was here all the time when he was not, what did change, what might have to change. It was a really good talk, and it's top news for the club."
The expected appointment of Richard Hughes, from Bournemouth, intrigues. The Cherries' sporting director announced his decision earlier this month to leave at the end of the season and he is set to be Edwards' first port of call to take over his former role at Anfield.
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