Richard Hughes has been confirmed as Liverpool's new sporting director and will start his new role at the end of this season.
Hughes arrives at Liverpool with a proven track record of signing young players - he brought the likes of Nathan Ake, Dominic Solanke, Callum Wilson and Aaron Ramsdale to Bournemouth - while he also speaks three languages and has good contacts in both France and Italy, where he grew up.
"I am incredibly proud to be offered this opportunity. Liverpool FC is a unique club and I'm grateful to be given a chance to serve it in this capacity," Hughes told the club's website.
"People rightly talk about the rich history this organisation can boast, but it is the present and future which really excites me.
"It will be my job, working with Michael and leading the football operations team already in place, plus the wider staff at the AXA Training Centre, to make good decisions.
"That's really what the job entails: you have to make the kind of good decisions which enhance the prospects of having a team that wins and excites the supporters.
