Steve McManaman hints at how likely Michael Edwards is to return to Liverpool after speaking to him

Steve McManaman has revealed that he just lately spoke to Michael Edwards relating to the opportunity of the latter returning to Liverpool FC in a sporting director capability.

The 44-year-old has been linked with a return to the function that he held from 2016 to 2022 (and wherein he loved huge success), with the place at the moment vacant after Jorg Schmadtke’s departure on the finish of the January switch window.

Talking on the Blood Red podcast, the previous Reds winger mentioned that he mentioned the scenario with Edwards – who occurs to be his neighbour – however performed down the probability of him coming again to take the job for a second time.

McManaman mentioned: “They need to attempt to convey Michael again, after all they need to. Funnily sufficient, I spoke to him the opposite day about it as a result of he lives by me. In what capability they’d convey him again, I don’t know.

“I feel Michael has moved on from being a sporting director. I don’t know if he might return to the identical function he had. It might be nice if he might come again, however I don’t know what’s happening behind the scenes.”

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McManaman in all probability shares the emotions of many Liverpool followers who’d like to see Edwards returning to the membership as sporting director, contemplating his monitor document from his earlier spell at Anfield.

From overseeing transformative additions like Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker, to negotiating good-looking charges from the gross sales of peripheral gamers akin to Dominic Solanke, Rhian Brewster and Jordon Ibe, the 44-year-old earned a reputation as among the finest within the enterprise at his job.

Alas, a wide range of reports point out that he has no nice need to return again to LFC in as a lot of a hands-on capability, so FSG could must look elsewhere of their seek for a brand new sporting director.

To that impact, Richard Hughes might turn out to be a viable candidate, having confirmed that he’ll be leaving his present submit at Bournemouth on the finish of this season.

Even when Edwards doesn’t return to his earlier job at Liverpool, it’d definitely appear sensible for the Anfield hierarchy to attempt to contain a person of his experience in some capability.

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