Robbie Fowler gave a very interesting interview where he discussed his desire to get back into coaching and even perhaps move into being a sporting director before he shared his insights on Liverpool’s transfer prospects.
One of the club’s true greats, Fowler would have loved Liverpool’s Premier League title celebrations last week as the Reds romped to a 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur.
Now the title is in the bag, Liverpool’s attention turns to next season – at least behind the scenes anyway. Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes will be hard at work planning for the summer of recruitment ahead and Fowler says that sounds like job he’d enjoy doing.
Speaking to i News, he said: “I do want to get back into the game as soon as possible. As a coach or a manager, I feel as though I’ve got a lot to give on that front. But the sporting directorship and technical side of the game is just an avenue that I could lean towards in the future.
“I want to look into the eyes of a sporting director and find out what they want from the game as well.”
Fowler shares what he would do if he were in charge of Liverpool recruitment
Continuing, Fowler discussed how he would approach investing into this Liverpool squad now they have won the league title again.
He said: “It’s a difficult one because as a supporter, you want them to sign every player under the sun!. If you’re not signing players, you risk potentially going backwards.
“Maybe [Darwin] Nunez will be a name on a few teams’ lists because he hasn’t played the amount of games he’d want to, so you assume Liverpool will try to bring a No 9.
“The problem is clubs know that they are potentially on the lookout for a No 9, so the prices will become silly. If you look at [Alexander] Isak, he’s going to be £100m plus easily. He’s a wonderful player, but Liverpool may not want to pay that, and they’ll look around.
“You could look at Ollie Watkins. He doesn’t really fit the model in terms of what Liverpool want, given his age [29 years old], but I’d go and get him for a couple of years because he’s a tremendous player and established and experienced in the Premier League.”
