IndiaAIFounders — Liverpool look for new sporting director after Richard Hughes formally leaves

Liverpool look for new sporting director after Richard Hughes formally leaves

September 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Hughes in line for similar role at Saudi club Al-Hilal
FSG president Mike Gordon leads search for successor

Liverpool are searching for a fourth sporting director in four years after confirming that Richard Hughes has stepped down from the role.

Hughes’s departure has been long expected, with the 47-year-old in line to take up a similar position with the Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal. He informed Liverpool of his intentions to leave early this year, after the departure of his friend Michael Edwards as chief executive of football for Fenway Sports Group, the club’s owner.

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