Future of Richard Hughes at Liverpool in doubt

Future of Richard Hughes at Liverpool in doubt

Liverpool made big changes to their leadership structure when Jurgen Klopp left the club in 2024.

The legendary German manager was replaced as head coach by Arne Slot - while Michael Edwards returned to the fold as FSG’s new CEO of Football.

And one of the former sporting director’s first decisions was to install Richard Hughes as sporting director at Anfield. The Scottish exec has since overseen profound changes on Merseyside - including new contract deals for Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.

But his biggest legacy will be constructing a record-breaking transfer window last summer - during which he broke the British transfer record twice.

Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz were the headline arrivals in a £450m spending spree - with Hughes also balancing the books with around £200m worth of sales.

His work in securing those deals has placed him in the highest tier of sporting directors in the game - and it’s no surprise that his name is on the list for Al-Hilal.

Al-Hilal interested in Richard Hughes

The Saudi Pro League giants are eyeing up major changes and have already approached Hughes about moving to the SPL. Right now there is no agreement - according to a new report in TEAMtalk but the PIF-backed outfit won’t go away.