Former Arsenal sporting director Sven Mislintat ‘is wanted by Liverpool to replace outgoing Julian Ward’ – and he still has a ‘brilliant’ relationship with former Borussia Dortmund colleague Jurgen Klopp
- Sven Mislintat is a reported candidate for the sporting director role at Liverpool
- Julian Ward announced will step down at the end of the season in November
- Mislintat spent seven years working with Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund
- The German scout is currently operating as sporting director of Stuttgart
Sven Mislintat is a candidate to takeover as Liverpool sporting Director in summer 2023, with Julian Ward already informing the club that he will vacate his post at the end of the season.
The former Borussia Dortmund chief scout is currently with fellow Bundesliga outfit Stuttgart as their sporting director, but reports from Sky’s Florian Plettenberg suggest he is ‘open’ to the switch.
Mislintat rose to prominence working alongside Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at the Westfalenstadion from 2008 to 2015, during which time he masterminded several signings that went on to make a huge amount of money for the club.
Sven Mislintat is a reported candidate for the sporting director role at Liverpool next summer
‘He is a candidate in order to replace Ward as a Sporting Director at #LFC in summer 2023!’ tweeted Plettenberg.
‘No concrete negotiations yet but he‘s open for Liverpool. Relation to Klopp still brilliant. They have worked together in Dortmund (08-15).’
The deals Mislintat is credited with a role in include the acquisitions of Robert Lewandoswki, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mats Hummels, Ousmane Dembele and Shinji Kagawa.
Although successful in the Bundesliga, Mislintat’s sole Premier League experience came as a director at Arsenal, during which time he made eight signings, with only two being sold for a profit.
Mislintat worked alongside Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund for seven years
The departure of Aubameyang for Barcelona for free in January 2022 after following Mislintat from Dortmund for £56million is a deal that resulted in a particularly high loss for the Gunners.
Ward had only taken over from Michael Edwards over the summer, and it is thought to have come as a shock to the club that the…