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AS Monaco sporting director Paul Mitchell has been tipped to succeed the outgoing Julian Ward once he leaves Liverpool at the end of the season. Ward is less than a year into the role after replacing Michael Edwards in May 2022 and has since sanctioned deals for Sadio Mane to join Bayern Munich and Darwin Nunez to move to Merseyside for a potential club-record deal. He also managed to seal a record-breaking contract for Mohamed Salah to commit his future to Liverpool for another three years. The Liverpool John Moores University alumnus' resignation came as a surprise to Jurgen Klopp, who was notified of the decision after the Reds' 3-1 victory over Southampton in November and later admitted Ward's exit was indeed a "surprise".

"But we work completely normal together until the day that he leaves. Julian is 100% committed and everything is fine.



Mitchell recalled how the off-field projects at the Ligue 1 outfit had also been left by the wayside.



Ward and Edwards have both worked with Mitchell in recent years, with the first of those encounters coming in the spring of 2022 when Liverpool contacted Monaco about the availability of Tchouameni.