Julian Ward can soon turn to the seat of Liverpool's sporting director. The club's decision has already approached the completion of the process of selecting a forward, Richard Hughes, who has deprived the team of the beginning of the spring..

According to The Athletic journalist David Ornstein, Ward has become a priority candidate for the Liverpool leaders. In addition, the 45-year-old official works as the technical director of Fenway Sports Group, as the head of the club.

For Ward, this may be a different period as Liverpool's sporting director. First, having decided to do so directly for the 2022/23 season, after leaving the club, I wanted to join the 2023 season to help complete the transfer of Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton.

Before the structure of Liverpool, Word was acquired in 2012, moving from Manchester City. Initially he worked in European scouting in Spain and Portugal, and later became involved in foreign transfers and football partnerships.. In 2020, Ward became an assistant athletic director and worked simultaneously with Michael Edwards.

After the dismissal of sports director Word, the transfers of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Kodi Gakpo. In 2024, he turned to Fenway Sports Group as a technical director, focusing on the development of sports, football and robot academies.

It is possible that Ward's return will result in serious changes in the Liverpool structure. Richard Hughes, having lost the club on the 5th of Wednesday, went to Al-Hilal, and Michael Edwards left the post of General Director of FSG with football nutrition. Representatives of the recruiting department also deprived Liverpool of Mark Burchill and Craig McKee, who later moved to Al-Hilal.