Former Liverpool sporting director Damien Comolli believes the club can handle Michael Edwards' departure.

Edwards has been replaced by Julian Ward as sporting director after stepping down last season.

Comolli, when asked on the Training Ground Guru podcast whether the Reds can be successful without Edwards replied: "To be honest, and I have been thinking about this a bit, I don't know.

"I don't know because I don't know the person taking over from Michael. They still have Mike Gordon, who is key in what they do with the day to day running of the football club, and they still have Jurgen Klopp, obviously. So, there is no reason the person that they picked to replace Michael can't step up into that environment.

"(Success) all comes from the board, if the board doesn't play with the culture of the club and what it is trying to achieve and the culture of what they are trying to implement. The sporting director is the safeguard of the culture and of alignment of the club day to day."

The Toulouse chairman also said: "It's fantastic what they have done and what they have achieved.

"They had great alignment. At one point they had perfect alignment between Michael Gordon, Michael Edwards and Jurgen Klopp, and that perfect alignment, the three of them, has created that success."