The former Liverpool boss has made a surprise return in a new role after quitting Man United

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The former Liverpool boss has made a surprise return in a new role after quitting Man United

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have re-hired Julian Ward as their technical director of football operations, where he will oversee player development.

Julian Ward will be involved once again at Liverpool after taking up a new role with the club’s owners, FSG(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

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Chris McKenna
17:00, 10 May 2024Updated17:09, 10 May 2024

Julian Ward has returned to Liverpool’s ownership group just 12 months after leaving the club.

The football icon has been named technical director at Fenway Sports Group. Pedro Marques was appointed director of football development after arriving from Benfica.

Ward stepped down from a sporting director role at the club just 12 months ago, having previously worked under Michael Edwards, who also returned to Liverpool as FSG’s CEO of football. Ward and Marques are in newly created roles as part of the wider FSG setup.

Ward was considering a role as global technical director at INEOS Football Group, whose founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe owns a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United, but was convinced to return to Liverpool. Richard Hughes arrives from Bournemouth this summer to take over the former Ward and Edwards role.

Hughes will handle recruiting, negotiations, medical and scientific operations, along with administrative and facilities management. Ward is expected to oversee player development within FSG’s football operations.

Ward was promoted to replace Edwards in 2022 following his departure after 10 years as sporting director. Ward played a leading role in negotiating several big transfers for Liverpool, including club record signing Darwin Nunez and the deals for Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo.

Jorg Schmadtke replaced Ward as interim sporting director but will leave Liverpool at the end of this season when Jurgen Klopp steps down. As part of Edwards’ role as CEO of Football, he has been tasked with finding new clubs to invest in as FSG looks to build a multi-club ownership model similar to that of City Football Group.

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