Next season, Liverpool will have a new manager for the first time in nearly ten years, and the CEO and club ownership will choose the manager.
After learning that Jurgen Klopp will be departing the Premier League team this summer, Liverpool is searching for a new manager for the first time since 2015.
Klopp, 56, will formally depart the squad on June 30 after steering it to the top of the league and into the League Cup finals. The team is still in the running for the FA Cup and Europa League. Following his decision to leave Anfield, Klopp gives the club’s owners six months to select a new manager.
The club’s American ownership group, FSG, will make the decision, which might have a significant impact on the club’s future. Here are the four main decision-makers that will be participating in this crucial procedure.
Billy Hogan
During the press conference where Klopp announced his leaving, Hogan, the club’s CEO, was seated next him. After serving as COO for eight and a half years, Hogan assumed his present position in 2020. He provided some insight into the recruiting procedure.
He stated that “[Klopp] wanted to give the club the opportunity to go through what will be an orderly process,” stating that “We will go through that process, as we have done in the past … that will be done with … the people that are here, our ownership, Mike Gordon in particular will be a part of that process.”
Mike Gordon
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native Gordon serves as president of the Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which has owned the team since October 2010. Among the seven directors, he has a substantial ownership in the club alongside Hogan.
He stated: “(We) continue the due diligence behind the scenes, which will allow our football operations department to adapt to a future without Jurgen.” speaking on behalf of FSG. On behalf of Tom Werner and John Henry, he delivered the statement.
John W Henry
The club’s major owner, John Henry, is also the owner of the Major League Baseball Boston Red Sox. Though he grew up a St. Louis Cardinals fan, the Boston-based billionaire serves as the company’s face.
Following the club’s 2021 brief stint in the European Super League, he issued a public apology. At the time, he expressed his sincere regret to both Klopp and Hogan, saying that Hogan bore “absolutely no responsibility” for the Super League fiasco.
The club chairman, Tom Werner, has served as the organization’s chair since he and Henry co-founded FSG in 2001. In 1990, the native of New York became the owner of a sports franchise when he spearheaded a group of investors to buy the San Diego Padres.
For four years, he served as the team’s principal managing partner and majority owner, until the business was successfully sold. Werner is now a member of the MLB Competition, On Field, and Media Committees.
