Liverpool has announced that Richard Hughes is leaving his position at AFC to become the club’s new sporting director. Bournemouth.
The 44-year-old Scotsman will begin at the end of the current season after being chosen by Michael Edwards.
Hughes started at Bournemouth’s recruitment team under Eddie Howe after ending his playing career in 2014 and eventually becoming technical director.
But he is now going from the Vitality Stadium to Anfield and Hughes is eager to start his new job.
‘I am incredibly proud to be offered this opportunity,’ Hughes told the Liverpool website on Wednesday.
‘Liverpool FC is a unique club and I’m grateful to be given a chance to serve it in this capacity.
‘People rightly talk about the rich history this organisation can boast, but it is the present and future which really excites me.
‘Jurgen Klopp is leading an outstanding team and squad and alongside that the commitment to young players and their pathway to the first team is also outstanding.
‘I am fully aware of the expectations and responsibilities that come with taking this position.
‘It will be my job, working with Michael [Edwards] 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.
‘It is what Liverpool have done well for a very long time and the benefits are there for everyone to see.’
