Before LFC signed Salah Klopp’s initial preference was said to be Julian Brandt - player he knew well from his time managing BVB
It was Edwards, who pressed LFC to sign Salah and convinced Klopp to disregard the fact the Egyptian had previously struggled in UK ( @TheAthleticUK)

Edwards persisted. Klopp listened, took it in and placed his trust in his colleague. ( @TheAthleticUK)

In his trade, Edwards is respected by his peers and one rival sporting director says he has become one of the most “prominent and eloquent” voices at the Premier League technical director meetings which take place every six weeks ( @TheAthleticUK)

Edwards and Klopp are described as “kindred spirits”, freely wandering in and out of each other’s offices.
The two men swap opinions, they debate and sometimes they disagree. They also spend many lunchtimes playing paddle tennis ( @TheAthleticUK)

Brendan Rodgers saw Edwards as a threat to his authority
Rodgers had not been keen on Firmino whereas Edwards and the scouting team were certain the Brazilian would be an ideal wearer of Liverpool’s colours. ( @TheAthleticUK)

Edwards was trying to push a new way of thinking at a club where they had traditionally relied on old-fashioned methods
Damien Comolli, then Liverpool’s director of football, headhunted him as part of FSG’s instructions to implement a new data-led approach

Spurs had an exclusive agreement at the time with a data company called Decision Technology and Liverpool wanted to see if they could muscle in. Edwards, however, persuaded his new bosses to leave Decision Technology alone and instead target Dr Ian Graham ( @TheAthleticUK)

The two men were on the same flight to an analytics conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
Edwards convinced Graham to join him as Liverpool’s head of research. The task was aided by the fact that Graham is a boyhood Liverpool supporter

Make sure to check out the original article Well worth a read https://theathletic.com/1896993/2020/06/30/michael-edwards-liverpool-premier-league-jurgen-klopp-sporting-director?source=user-shared-article