Liverpool’s CEO Ian Ayre has decided to step down from his role at the club earlier than previously decided, it’s been announced today.
Ayre had been expected to leave the club at the end of the season from his role but – as per the club’s official website – he will now be gone from the club come the end of this month.
The Liverpudlian has overseen one of the busiest periods in the club’s recent history since arriving in 2007.
From Champions League nights and Hicks and Gillett through the Hillsbrough justice campaign and up to FSG and Jurgen Klopp, Ayre has seen a great deal in his decade here and has largely done a good job for the club.
We’re now a more financially sound club and certainly growing in the right direction with things like the stadium expansion being completed last season.
We wish Ian all the best, then, and finish this piece with a few words from the man himself over the decision – taken from the club’s website:
“There is no greater professional satisfaction for me than to leave Liverpool Football Club in much improved health throughout than when I joined the club in 2007.
“This has always been more than just a job for me because of the emotional connection I have with the place. So, the only yardstick that has ever mattered, for every decision I have taken here, is whether or not it is in the best interests of Liverpool Football Club.
“My journey here over the last decade has been a rich mix of challenges and opportunities, a journey only made possible by the outstanding people I have had the honour to work with along the way both inside and outside the club. As the club transitions to its next chapter, I made clear some time back that I felt that 2017 was the right time to step aside. As the club’s new structure starts to unfold, this is a natural point for me to say goodbye to the role of chief executive and to many friends, but my love and support for this great football club will continue as it has my whole life.”
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