Julian Ward Reinstated As Liverpool Sporting Director

Following the departure of Richard Hughes, Liverpool have reinstated Julian Ward as sporting director. Ward, a Scouser, first joined the backroom team in 2012 as a scouting manager and then was made loan player manager before serving as the assistant for long-running sporting director Michael Edwards in his last two years in the role. Ward succeeded him, but was only in the role for a year before resigning for personal reasons.

In the year he was with Liverpool, from June 2022-May 2023, he was responsible for negotiating for players like Darwin Núñez , Luis Díaz , Cody Gakpo , and Alexis MacAllister. He returned to Liverpool and FSG as technical director in 2024 and has now resumed the sporting director role.

Ward returns following the summer transfer window to assist new boss Andoni Iraola as he tries to slowly rebuild the team to his liking.