Ex-Liverpool transfer chief joining Chelsea after 12 years at Anfield

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Chelsea are set to appoint Liverpool’s former director of scouting and recruitment David Fallows in a new role – a year after his departure from a long spell at Anfield. Fallows left Liverpool after 12 years in October 2024, having played a key role in the club’s rise to success under Fenway Sports Group.

His duties will cover “scouting and data, player development pathways and loans and football operations,” as well as “recruitment of coaches and staff as well as players.” There is unlikely to be any frustration at Fallows’ move from those at Liverpool, after he delayed his decision to leave last year in order to aid the transition to a new leadership group involving Edwards, Ward, Hunter and Richard Hughes. Liverpool’s major staff restructure Edwards is in place as Fenway Sports Group’s CEO of football while Ward also returned in the role of technical director within the ownership group.

Hughes was appointed as new Liverpool sporting director while David Woodfine – formerly the club’s director of loan management – was rehired as his assistant. Pedro Marques joined from Benfica as FSG’s director of football development and Hans Leitert was appointed the group’s global head of goalkeeping.