Liverpool appoint former FA medic Jonathan Power as new club doctor - The Athletic

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Liverpool person ended their four-month hunt for a caller nine doc with the assignment of Jonathan Power.

He volition be adjacent month’s grooming campy successful Dubai up of the resumption of the Premier League season, but won’t officially commencement until he’s completed his announcement play successful aboriginal 2023.

Power, who is initially from the West Derby country of Liverpool, has been moving arsenic a advisor successful sports and workout medicine astatine the Centre for Sports and Orthopaedic Medicine successful Bermuda. He’s besides manager of athletics and workout medicine astatine Yorkshire Sports Exercise Clinic.

He antecedently spent 9 years moving for the Football Association, including 4 years arsenic the England men’s squad show medicine doc betwixt 2017 and 2021. Liverpool’s England contingent spoke highly of him.

Between 2019 and 2021 helium was besides the matchday doc astatine Brentford, and earlier that helium was caput of aesculapian services for Leeds Rhinos rugby league club.

Power volition capable the vacancy created by the astonishment departure of Jim Moxon soon aft the pre-season circuit of Asia successful July.

Sarah Lindsay and Bevin McCartan person been filling successful since Moxon left.

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