Former Liverpool performance analyst Mark Leyland left Anfield for Newcastle United in 2021
Leyland had been at Liverpool since 2013 until reunited with Magpies boss Eddie Howe, who he worked with at Burnley, in 2021. During the summer, he returned to the North West as he was poached by City Football Group for their Head of Coaching Methodology role.
The Liverpool boss admitted that he was allowed to join Newcastle after the club couldn't offer a senior role - which was on offer in the North East. And upon leaving Newcastle in light of their first campaign in the elite European competition for 20 years, he says leaving Howe was 'more difficult as they were just starting the process.
"We were just getting started and my relationship with the coaching staff was improving daily. I was understanding more and more what the manager wanted from me.
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