Pep Lijnders' move to Red Bull Salzburg has strengthened Liverpool's relationship with the group as FSG look to implement their own multi-club model
When Michael Edwards returned to Liverpool, albeit as Fenway Sports Group’s new CEO of Football, part of the lure was their plans for a multi-club model.
Meanwhile, with FSG boasting a strong relationship with the Red Bull group, they have seen with their own eyes the success of their own multi-club model over the years. Yet current player Dominik Szoboszlai is perhaps the best example of their model. Prior to the Reds’ activating his £60m release clause last summer, he had started his senior career with FC Liefering - Red Bull Salzburg's reserve club - in the Austrian second division in 2017.
Lijnders will be joined by Vitor Matos at Salzburg, with the Portuguese leaving his role as Liverpool’s elite development coach - a position the Dutchman originally held - to become his assistant in Austria. Given the pair’s knowledge of the Reds’ academy as a result, in the absence of FSG’s second club, it could become an ideal destination for any departing loanees.
Blackburn Rovers would return for Leighton Clarkson, Tyler Morton and Billy Koumetio in each of the last three seasons, following on from Harvey Elliott’s successful stint with the club in 2020/21, while Bolton Wanderers would land both Owen Beck and Calvin Ramsay off the back of Conor Bradley’s own success at the club.
Across South Wales, Williams would enjoy a loan stint with Swansea City in 2021 off the back of Rhian Brewster’s own success at the Liberty Stadium. In contrast, local-rivals Tranmere Rovers will always emerge as a credible lower-league loan destination, as James Norris and Paul Glatzel can both vouch for.
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