Overview
- Liverpool have hired Jorg Schmadtke as their new sporting director on a short-term deal.
- Schmadtke previously held similar positions at Wolfsburg, Cologne, Hannover and Alemannia Aachen.
- Schmadtke will oversee all transfers for Liverpool and work with the football operations department to support Klopp.
- Schmadtke will have to adapt to a different dynamic working under or beside Klopp, not above him.
- Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister tops Liverpool's list of transfer targets.