Editor’s Column: Jörg Schmadtke’s 2023 transfer window was extremely underrated

Jörg Schmadtke joined Liverpool as sporting director in May 2023 before the summer transfer window – and did all his work from a laptop in Ibiza.

The German left at the beginning of 2024, having been in charge of transfers (with lots of Jurgen Klopp’s input) for just two windows.

In January 2024 he didn’t sign anyone, so did all his work in that summer of 2023. Schmadtke bought four players – all of whom were midfielders – and cashed in smartly on Fabinho and Jordan Henderson.

Given...