Dutch giants Ajax are reportedly eager on appointing Liverpool sporting director Julian Ward as their new technical director as soon as he leaves Anfield in the summertime.
It was reported again in November that Ward, who had beforehand been deputy to the Reds former switch guru Michael Edwards earlier than changing him final summer time, was set to stand down at the end of the campaign after spending only one season within the function.
Ward is believed to need to take a break from soccer after spending over a decade working at Liverpool in all kinds of roles. Nonetheless, that stance has not deterred Ajax from focusing on the highly-rated government as they search a everlasting successor to Marc Overmars, who left the membership final February after admitting he had sent inappropriate messages to female colleagues.
In response to De Telegraaf, Ward is without doubt one of the candidates presently being thought-about for the function of technical director. It stays to be seen, although, if the Eredivisie champions would be capable to entice the Reds chief, who’s multilingual, into taking a job abroad as soon as he leaves Merseyside.
Although Ward is ready to relinquish his sporting director function within the coming months, he was credited with enjoying a key function within the deal that noticed Luis Diaz arrive at Anfield again in January 2021. Offers for Fabio Carvalho, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo have all occurred on Ward’s watch and he was highly-rated by the Liverpool hierarchy.
It was claimed on the time that Ward’s resolution to depart his function had left figures on the membership ‘shocked’ and ‘disenchanted’. Numerous high-profile names have been touted as potential successors however the Reds have but to verify their plans to interchange him.
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After dispensing with the services of Alfred Schreuder a fortnight in the past, Ajax are searching for a brand new technical director as a part of a rebuild within the wake of an underwhelming 2022/23 marketing campaign.
The reigning Dutch champions have struggled since dropping Erik ten Hag to Manchester United and opted to axe his successor, Schreuder, after simply six months on the helm following a string of abject performances.
Former Everton defender and Jong Ajax coach Jonny Heitinga has since been moved into the function and is anticipated to proceed till the tip of the present marketing campaign. Ajax have been reinvigorated since Heitinga took cost and are presently three factors behind leaders Feyenoord after thumping wins over Excelsior and Cambuur.
Normal supervisor and former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar defined the choice to quickly hand the reins to Heitinga. The Dutchman mentioned: “We’re satisfied that that is the suitable resolution. John has adopted a cautious and gradual path, which has allowed him to develop very properly as a coach in recent times.”
