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LEWIS STEELE: Michael Edwards has returned to Liverpool as the CEO of Football at Fenway Sports Group, where he will oversee daily operations for the Premier League's top managers, with first responsibility likely to be naming sporting director Richard Hughes. Edwards turned down several bids to return to the team after two years as a student at Ludonautics, which he founded a football analytics company that will officially leave on June 1. FSG chief Mike Gordon was instrumental in the drive to persuade Edwards to return. Liverpool and FSG are currently searching for their second football team and appear to be planning to dip their toes into the world of multi-club ownership. Edwards will oversee the identification of this second team, as well as former Boston Red Sox chief Theo Epstein, who has returned to FSG.

LEWIS STEELE: Michael Edwards has agreed to return to Liverpool in a senior role at Fenway Sports Group, where he will lead football operations, with first duties likely to be naming sporting director Richard Hughes. Edwards initially refused to return to the club after two years as FSG boss Mike Gordon ordered him to lead a restructure following manager Jurgen Klopp's resignation. Liverpool, on the other hand, did not give up and made a second, final play to compel Edwards to return to the club.

LEWIS STEELE AND KIERAN GILL: After the January transfer window, West Ham are braced for a bid from Liverpool to poach highly rated sports director Tim Steidten. Following Jorg Schmadtke's statement that he would leave the club at the end of the week, the Premier League leaders are looking for a new sporting director. The German is one of five major departures at Anfield, including close friend Jurgen Klopp and three coaches. After Michael Gordon, the club's president, suggested that Michael Edwards, a former sports director, be given the opportunity to return to the club in a new capacity, the club's new captain, Michael Edwards, has already expressed doubts over his potential to lead the team in a new role.

Liverpool have considered the possibility of former sporting director Michael Edwards returning to the club in a new capacity, but the club has turned down the offer. Mike Gordon, president of Liverpool Owner Fenway Sports Group, told Edwards over the weekend that he might take over the team's restructure. Despite being attached to the club, Edwards is looking for other challenges and is reluctant to return to Anfield.

Let's pretend Liverpool is a game of Jenga. The club has been a powerful tower of stability for the past eight-and-a-half years. Now, with Jurgen Klopp's pending departure and several other key pieces of the club's makeover, there is a chance that the whole system will be unstable. The foundations are also solid. Mike Gordon and Fenway Sports Group are sound owners, and Billy Hogan, the company's CEO, is a safe pair of hands. The players are top-quality, with a thriving academy in a purple patch of production. Klopp's resignation was not the only thing to be pulled out of the tower on Friday, but it was not the only piece to be pulled out of the tower. Less popular but also significant was the announcement of other departures that may have followed - Klopp's long-serving right-hand men Pep Lijnders and Peter Krawietz, as a coach for both the academy and the first team.

Klopp, 56, a huge boy who died on Friday morning, revealed that he will leave the Anfield club after eight and a half years as a manager, claiming that 'we are no young rabbits any more and don't jump as high as we did.' Over the phone in November, the German informed Fenway Sports Group's CEO, Mike Gordon, that no one would have changed his mind. Gordon and those in the tight knit group of football's most closely guarded secrets plotted the next steps.

Jurgen Klopp believes that the best memories of his time with Liverpool are yet to come and that he promised to give his all as boss until the season's conclusion, but that he is no longer the best man for the job. This morning, the German boss stunned the world by announcing that he had left Liverpool at the end of the season, closing the curtain on nine trophy-laden years in English football. Klopp, 56, told Liverpool's owners in November of his intentions and, though Fenway Sports Group's Mike Gordon tried to persuade him to say, 'there's nothing that could happen to change my mind.'

Jorg Schmadtke has been named as Liverpool's new sporting director, according to the club. When work permit formalities are complete, the 59-year-old, who spent a similar role at Wolfsburg at the start of 2023, will resume his duties on June 1. Julian Ward, who is expected to leave the club this summer after more than a decade, will be replaced by him.

With Liverpool slumped in 10th place, 11 points adrift of the top four, and a season without playing in the face, problems on the pitch seem to be apparent. They have been hamstrung by injuries and fans are dissatisfied with what has been perceived as a lack of investment, particularly in the start of a season in central midfield, contributing to a dramatic decline since last season's second-placed finish. However, questions are also being thrown off the field, with several senior figures ousted or having already departed.

According to news, Liverpool's links with potential Qatari investment are picking up speed, with the Middle Eastern country considering financial assistance for the club. The Reds held talks with representatives of consortiums from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who had expressed an interest in buying the club, as detailed by Sportsmail in November. On Sunday night, Qatari journalist Mohammed Saeed Alkaabi said that it is his homeland who are the frontrunners in the search for the Anfield outfit.

Liverpool has held talks with two Middle East companies over a £3 billion takeover. The Mail on Sunday learned that representatives of consortiums from Saudi Arabia and Qatar have expressed an interest in purchasing the club. According to several outlets, consortium officials contacted Fenway Sports Group director Mike Gordon, the man responsible for the auction of Liverpool, to declare their interest. Both groups are reported to be private companies rather than state-owned, rather than state-owned.

Julian Ward (left, right), Liverpool's sporting director, has informed the club that he will step down from his role at the end of the season. It's a sudden and unexpected development, as the 41-year-old just took over from Michael Edwards (inset) at the end of the last campaign. The decision was apparently made for personal reasons, and the club has reluctantly accepted his period of notice. Liverpool insists that this is not a development that will have a bearing on the next two transfer windows.

Last week, FSG announced that it had recruited Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to sell its Premier League stakes. According to Sportsmail, a US-based buyer approached the company in the hopes of a complete takeover of the team, while the Anfield chiefs were in clandestine talks for several weeks. However, Kennedy has stated that the owners are considering the future of the club and that they could seek greater investment rather than a complete sale.

A whole slew of questions were asked as soon as word broke that Liverpool Football Club was up for auction. Who could buy the club?Do Fenway Sports Group just want financial support from a minority backer?How long would any sale take?Is this all because of the failed European Super League?Will Jurgen Klopp stick around? They went on and on. With that in mind, Sportsmail appears to have answered all of the most important questions around Monday's announcement and what may follow as a result.

DOMINIC KING: All through the summer of 2016, there had been rumors about new investment at Liverpool, but the message was clear and it continued to be so. One inquiry into the possibility of a Chinese takeover in December was met with utter nonsense. Liverpool has always been fast to make it clear that Fenway Sports Group is in it for the long haul, so the change in tone should not be missed; also, the message could not be exaggerated. Liverpool has always been quick to say that Fenway Sports Group is in it for the long haul, so the change in tone will not be missed, and, for that reason, the significance could not be exaggerated.

Douglas Luiz, a player from Aston Villa, has been asked about a transfer for Liverpool. They want a physical presence in midfielder who won't be able to recover after Jude Bellingham's arrival next season. Luiz's current contract at Villa Park is set to come to an end next year, but the 24-year-old could be facing an early retirement after losing his Premier League contract. After being without without the injured Thiago Alcantara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita, and Curtis Jones, the German manager is keen to add a midfielder to his ranks before the transfer window closes.

Jurgen Klopp has turned around on a midfielder's signing and will move before the transfer deadline if the correct player is available. Klopp's boss had been consistent throughout the summer that he did not supplement the additions of Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho, and Calvin Ramsay, but a combination of circumstances has reassessed his position. Klopp, who had a meeting with his staff on Wednesday discussing a variety of issues that were 'off his chest,' is missing Thiago Alcantara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Naby Keita, and Curtis Jones. In the last two games, James Milner, 36, has started, and he's getting off to a good start.