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🆕 The one constant throughout all the comings and goings - and returns - has been Mike Gordon, who is effectively the managing owner.
His low-key, analytical demeanour and rational thinking is viewed internally as having been central to Liverpool’s rise - @_pauljoyce
🆕Understand Edwards informed FSG he was leaving last autumn when it was clear they were not expanding their football portfolio. However, Edwards chose to stay on and support Richard Hughes.
Edwards never wanted to return in a recruitment role and the main appeal was driving the purchase of a new club. Bordeaux was initially looked it and Getafe explored. Once plans to buy the latter stalled, Edwards' exit was inevitable.
The role Edwards fulfilled became very different to the one he’d been promised.
He will now be in demand and is unlikely to seek another extended break from football - @JacobsBen
🚨 Michael Edwards statement:
“It has been a privilege to return to Fenway Sports Group and Liverpool Football Club at such an important moment.
“I leave believing Liverpool is in a strong position, with outstanding people, a clear direction and the foundations in place for continued success.
“When I returned, I was excited not only by the opportunity to help guide Liverpool through an important period of transition, but also by the chance to help shape FSG’s wider football ambitions.
"While that broader project ultimately evolved differently to how we had originally envisaged, I am proud of the work our team undertook in presenting ownership with a broad range of thoughtful and well-developed options for the future.
“I’d like to thank Mike, John Henry, Tom Werner and everyone across FSG and Liverpool for their support and friendship and, most importantly, the supporters, whose passion makes this club so special. I will always be grateful to have been part of its story.”
🆕 Regarding squad strengthening, all preparatory work has been undertaken and the responsibility for executing the strategy would fall on Hughes rather than Edwards. The Spain winger Victor Muñoz has been Liverpool’s only signing to date, although Jérémy Jacquet was recruited in January with a view to joining in July, and there is a need to recruit further attacking reinforcements at the very least - @_pauljoyce
🆕 Frustration at FSG’s lack of progress in acquiring a second European team and embracing the multi-club model prompted Edwards to first signal his intention to move on last autumn. He subsequently tendered his resignation and departs two years into a three-year contract - @_pauljoyce
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING 🚨
Michael Edwards has quit his role as chief executive officer of football for Fenway Sports Group, which owns Liverpool, leaving the club facing a period of unwanted executive upheaval.
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