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FSG most attention-grabbing have eyes for Michael Edwards to become Liverpool’s surpreme leader and usher in the post-Jurgen Klopp dawn, and he did attain a fairly apt job in his first stint.
However we’ve approach up with 5 really brilliant and totally reasonable reasons why he would actually be a terrible appointment…
He doesn’t want to transfer back
Somewhat straightforward really. Liverpool contacted Edwards as soon as they were aware that Klopp was leaving the membership, a couple of months earlier than the announcement, hoping he would return to provide continuity of kinds and ease the transition to a fresh manager. Edwards said no – citing a want to exercise more time along with his family and to focal level on his work with advisory firm Ludonautics.
Hog-tying and dragging someone away from their formative years kicking and screaming perhaps isn’t probably the most attention-grabbing of fresh beginnings.
Protect an eye on
We’re half awaiting Edwards to be picking the team and doing the post-match press conferences, such is the reported maintain an eye on and power he’s been promised must peaceful he return to Anfield. Desperation isn’t typically a strong space from which to negotiate from, and FSG are on their knees at Edwards’ toes.
Adore a sporting despot, he apparently wants ‘total maintain an eye on’, heading both the recruitment and analytics departments, while leading the appointment of Klopp’s successor. He’s being wined and dined into becoming one of probably the most worthy men in football.
Rumour has it Edwards left because Klopp’s affect had increased to the level where his like plan was superfluous. Would a similar trajectory of success for Xabi Alonso, or whomever else, lead to a similar shift in the ability dynamic? Or will Edwards have it written into his contract that a fresh boss always now play 2d fiddle? Managing Liverpool will undoubtedly be a harder promote if that is the case.
The cease of Van Dijk and Salah
Klopp’s powerbase had expanded to the level where he was making all of the main decisions over transfers and player contracts by the level Edwards left in 2022. A reality that made Edwards uneasy, with ‘sturdy discussions at the back of the scenes about the merits and value of some fresh deals for older players’ reportedly playing a significant role in his exit.
Mohamed Salah’s bumper deal was a apt footballing call, but contributed to a financial loss, and Liverpool may now mediate themselves fortunate that Sadio Mane rejected fresh phrases to leave for Bayern Munich, while talks to delay Naby Keita’s deal must peaceful by no means have started.
Given Edwards’ reluctance to hand players over 30 fresh deals back then, astutely on the basis of the above examples, Virgil van Dijk and Salah – whose contracts expire in 2025 – may now now not remain at Liverpool beyond the summer season, at which level they’d have to be sold to avoid losing them totally free a year later.
Mohamed Salah celebrates winning the League Cup with Virgil van Dijk.
Multi-membership harbinger
Edwards’ appointment is neither a certain precursor to a transfer into multi-membership possession for FSG, nor is multi-membership possession positively a bad thing.
However given FSG president Mike Gordon initially offered him a senior role in FSG rather than at Liverpool, along with reviews that he would become ‘Head of Football Operations’, or be given a similar role below a assorted name suggests now now not most attention-grabbing that his remit will stretch far extra than deciding how remarkable Liverpool will exercise on Florian Wirtz this summer season, but also which lowly outfits in Ligue 1 or La Liga may make for beneficial feeder golf equipment for FSG’s prized pig.
FSG has beforehand declared curiosity in broadening their football membership portfolio, and Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan was far from categoric when asked in the summertime whether or now now not they’d discover Manchester City and Chelsea’s lead. “For the time being we’re centered on what Liverpool is doing,” he said.
Multi-membership possession may serve Liverpool, and probably wouldn’t harm them, but it’s the scourge of football and shouldn’t be encouraged.
Transfer flops
Every person appears to be all too eager to level out Edwards’ brilliant acquisitions, including Salah, Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Fabinho, Alisson and so on. and so on., and we’re almost certain he called on a better power to promote Christian Benteke, Mamadou Sakho and Jordon Ibe for a blended £70m. However too few of us talk about his two transfer flops in seven years, the primary of which boils a delicious amount Liverpudlian p*ss.
Guys, Keita was rubbish. If that guy had performed what he had performed in 5 years at Liverpool for Manchester United it would have been his name blended with the other midfielder for mocking functions. We remarkable want McKeita to Freita, if anyone’s asking.
The opposite one is Takumi Minamino by the way, and he positively doesn’t actually count as they sold him for a £5m profit. Excellent Keita then. He was really rubbish though.
