Uruguayan striker Darwin Núñez, the Liverpool player, won the best goal award in February, for his goal against Brentford in the match that ended with Liverpool winning four goals to one, in the match that brought the two teams together at “Griffin Park” stadium, at the opening of the twenty-fifth round competitions. From the English Premier League.
Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez scored Liverpool’s first goal in the 35th minute of the match, completely alone with the goal, before putting it in a wonderful way over the Brentford goal..
🥅⚽️ Darwin Nunez from a counterattack opens the scoring for Liverpool with a special goal#English Premier League | #Brentford_Liverpool #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/0F3NB87gOr
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On the other hand, English press reports revealed that the Liverpool club management is currently intensifying its efforts to re-contract its former sporting director, Michael Edwards, who left the club in 2022..
The British newspaper “The Times” reported that the Reds’ management had already held talks with Edwards, the former sporting director, and were looking to bring him back to help the club after coach Jurgen Klopp’s departure from the club. Reports stated that Edwards met with President Mike Gordon and Fenway Sports Group owner John W. Henry last weekend in Boston.
After ending a ten-year relationship with Liverpool in 2022 and playing an active role in the club’s transfers under Klopp, Edwards rejected multiple offers from several clubs, most notably Chelsea..
As for Liverpool, he rejected an offer from the club in January to return to his role as Liverpool’s sporting director, and if he accepts the invitation to return this time, he will likely have a bigger role at the club, such as head of football operations..
Edwards is expected to lead the analytics and recruiting departments. He is also likely to oversee the selection of Liverpool’s next manager and any other new sporting director. The new football organizational structure is scheduled to begin taking shape in the coming weeks.
Edwards left Anfield in 2022, and he was the one who came up with the idea of Liverpool contracting with Mohamed Salah from Roma, Italy. He was, by virtue of his position, the one who had the vision and decision to include the Egyptian winger for the Reds, as after he met Salah in Italy when he was in Roma, Edwards felt that it was impossible to ignore Salah. .