Tag: Hughes

Liverpool news: Julian Ward succeeds Richard Hughes as Liverpool sporting director
26 September 2026 Off

Liverpool news: Julian Ward succeeds Richard Hughes as Liverpool sporting director

By Total Football News

Julian Ward’s appointment gives Liverpool‘s hierarchy some much-needed stability after a summer of transition.

Ward has done the sporting director job before – and bar a spell between the summers of 2023 and 2024, has been at the club since 2012.

Liverpool did speak to external candidates but Ward was seen as the stand-out choice.

One source described him as: “Calm, well-spoken and with a clear opinion and vision.”

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Richard Hughes steps down as Liverpool sporting director
5 September 2026 Off

Richard Hughes steps down as Liverpool sporting director

By Total Football News

Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes has stepped down and is set to join Saudi side Al Hilal.

Hughes had only been at the club since June 2024, after moving from a similar position at Bournemouth, and his exit had been expected with his contract set to expire in June 2027.

In the summer he oversaw a transfer spend of about £200m, including the signing of Bradley Barcola from Paris

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Championship player of the month: Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor nominated for January award
12 February 2026 Off

Championship player of the month: Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor nominated for January award

By Total Football News

Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor are the nominees for January’s Championship player of the month award.

Browne has come back into favour under Kim Hellberg at Middlesbrough and has been deployed at right wing-back as well as in central midfield.

The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international helped Boro to five wins in January, scoring in the 4-0 home wins over Southampton and Preston and scoring one

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Andrew Hughes: Preston North End defender extends deal
14 January 2025 Off

Andrew Hughes: Preston North End defender extends deal

By Total Football News

Preston North End defender Andrew Hughes has extended his contract until the end of next season.

The 32-year-old, whose previous deal was due to finish at the end of the current campaign, has made 226 league appearances for the Championship side since joining from Peterborough in June 2018.

“We’re happy to tie down Hughesy for another year because he’s an important part of the team,” boss Paul Heckingbottom told the

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Richard Hughes: Why Liverpool’s ‘forensic’ new sporting director could ‘flourish’ at Anfield
25 March 2024 0

Richard Hughes: Why Liverpool’s ‘forensic’ new sporting director could ‘flourish’ at Anfield

By Total Football News
Richard Hughes will become Liverpool's new sporting director at the end of the season, leaving Bournemouth
Richard Hughes will become Liverpool’s new sporting director at the end of the season, leaving Bournemouth

In football’s transfer-obsessed world where sporting directors can spark gossip-column headlines and cost almost as much as some players, Liverpool’s appointment of Richard Hughes felt relatively low-key.

So what is it about Hughes that has made Michael Edwards – the new chief executive of football for Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group – bring the

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