Michael Edwards quits as football chief for Liverpool’s owner Fenway Sports Group

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Michael Edwards has quit as chief executive of football for Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group. The hugely influential Edwards informed FSG in autumn 2025 of his intention to step down once he felt plans for Liverpool’s future were in place.

FSG confirmed his exit on Friday, having wanted him to stay.Edwards’ decision is linked to FSG abandoning plans to add a second club to its football portfolio. He was enticed back to Liverpool in March 2024 to oversee the transition from the Jürgen Klopp era, having been given a much broader remit than he had as the club’s first sporting director, a position in which he flourished from 2016 to 2022.A key part of that remit was to expand FSG’s football operations – hence his title as FSG’s chief executive of football rather than Liverpool’s – with multi-club ownership and strategic partnerships part of the attraction for Edwards.However, despite looking at clubs including Getafe and Bordeaux, FSG did not find a suitable acquisition and shelved the plans last year.

Edwards is unlikely to receive a payoff because it was his decision to leave, and FSG may not replace him directly, given the role was created for him.Edwards’ exit is not expected to affect Liverpool’s summer transfer operations. Liverpool’s transfer business is conducted by Richard Hughes, the sporting director, and plans for this window are well established.But the departure of Edwards does add to the uncertainty surrounding the Liverpool hierarchy.