LONDON: Liverpool have named departing Bournemouth technical director Richard Hughes as their new sporting director from the end of the 2023-24 season, the Merseyside club said on Wednesday, as they prepare for the post-Juergen Klopp era.
Earlier in March, Bournemouth announced that the 44-year-old former Scotland midfielder will leave his position as the technical director at the end of the current season, having taken charge in 2016.
Hughes also had two playing spells at the south coast side between 1998-2002 and 2012-2014.
“I am incredibly proud to be offered this opportunity… People rightly talk about the rich history this organisation can boast, but it is the present and future which really excites me,” Hughes said in a statement.
