Michael Edwards ya bar mukaminsa na Fenway Sports Group (FSG) a matsayin shugaban zartarwa na harkokin ƙwallon ƙafa, yana kawo ƙarshen alaƙarsa da Liverpool kafin kakar 2026/27. FSG sun bayyana ficewarsa a matsayin "canjin da aka shirya."

Shekaru da yawa na Anfield

Edwards ya shiga kulob din a karon farko a shekarar 2011 a matsayin darektan aiki, kafin a ɗaukaka shi zuwa darektan wasannin motsa jiki a shekarar 2016. Ya bar kulob din a shekarar 2022 bayan sama da shekara goma, sai ya koma a watan Maris 2024 a matsayin shugaban zartarwa na ƙwallon ƙafa, yayin da Jurgen Klopp yake shirye don bar Anfield.

A lokacin wa'adinsa na farko, ana yaba wa Edwards da gina tawagar da ta lashe Premier League a kakar 2019/20 — taken ƙwallon ƙafa na farko tun 1990 — yana kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 30 da ya dace da tsara gaba ɗaya na masu goyan baya.

Taken Slot da zuwan Iraola

Wa'adinsa na biyu ya ga nadin Arne Slot a matsayin babban koci a watan Yuni 2024. Slot ya jagoranci Reds zuwa taken tarihi na 20 a ɗaya daga cikin manyan gasar Ingila a shekarar 2025, nasarar da ta ƙara tabbatar da Liverpool a cikin manyan kulob din duniya. Duk da haka, kakar Slot ta biyu ta kasa cika tsammanin, kuma Andoni Iraola ya maye gurbinsa a farkon Yuni 2026.

A cikin sanarwa ta hukuma, FSG sun amince da muhimmancin gudummuwar Edwards: "Tun dawowarsa zuwa ƙungiyar a watan Maris 2024, ya taimaka wajen kula da Liverpool a lokacin manyan sauye-sauye, ciki har da kafa tsarin sabon jagorancin ƙwallon ƙafa da nadin sabon babban koci. Ya kuma kula da ci gaban ci gaba na ɓangaren ƙwallon ƙafa a lokacin da Liverpool ta samu taken tarihi na 20 a gasar Ingila a shekarar 2025, kafin shirye-shiryen mataki mai zuwa na bunƙasawa."

Abin da ke tafe wa Liverpool

FSG sun tabbatar da cewa ficewa Edwards ta biyo bayan kammala abin da ƙungiyar ta bayyana a matsayin "manyan fifikon dabarun," wanda ke nuna cewa an sake tsara tsarin jagorancin kulob din zuwa gamsuwar masu kulob din. Edwards yana fita da Liverpool tana shiga sabon babi ƙarƙashin Iraola, tare da kakar 2026/27 a gefe.