Liverpool tie academy chief Alex Inglethorpe to new long-term contract

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Liverpool academy director Alex Inglethorpe has signed a new long-term contract with the club, with plans to oversee the redevelopment of their youth facilities. Inglethorpe has held the position of academy director for over a decade, having been promoted from his previous role of U21s coach in 2014.

In that time he has overseen significant change in the youth setup, not least with the introduction of a first-year salary cap of £50,000 a year and a focus on quality over quantity. With his previous deal due to expire at the end of the current campaign, Liverpool have moved to tie him down to a new long-term contract.

Liverpool’s £20m academy redevelopment Liverpool submitted a planning application for the redevelopment in September and works are expected to conclude in 2028, including: • An indoor dome built over the current main pitch • The artificial outdoor pitch replaced with grass • A new stand for up to 500 spectators • Further improvements to medical and sports science facilities Inglethorpe’s role is a wide-ranging one and this redevelopment can be considered a marker of his influence on Liverpool since becoming academy director. Though the academy director will remain, there has otherwise been significant change in the Liverpool staff in recent months, including new head coaches at U21s and U18s level with the appointments of Rob Page and Simon Wiles.