Women in Liverpool have appointed Gareth Taylor as their new head coach.
Liverpool has been without a permanent head coach since Matt Beard was fired in February, with Amber Whiteley taking the rest of last season interim.
Taylor was exhausted by Manchester City women in March prior to their Women's League Cup final against Chelsea.
The 52-year-old was in charge of the club since 2020 and led City to a FA Cup victory and League Cup-Succes in 2022. Under Taylor City missed the title of 2023/24 WSL for Chelsea on target difference.
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LFC Women Managing Director Andy O'Boyle said: “I am absolutely pleased to welcome Gareth to the club.
“This has been a very detailed process and it was clear that Gareth was the excellent candidate. He has a proven track record in building successful, identity -driven teams and his ability to develop players and to help them reach the next level is unparalleled.
“We have a very clear vision of how we will bring LFC women back to the upper regions of the game and this is a crucial step on that journey.
“We want our team to play with a clear identity such as a Liverpool team and Liverpool -football plays for passionate Liverpool fans.
“Gareth shares that vision and we believe that he has the qualities and experience to deliver it.”
Analysis: Taylor's ability to develop players a peak for Reds
Sky Sports' Vicki Hodges:
Despite the leading of Man City to two major awards during his five-year-old Stint, with FA Cup success in his first year that was in charge in 2020 and League Cup Glory two years later, the WSL title eventually avoided Gareth Taylor.
The timing of his departure earlier this season – only five days before the final of the Women's League Cup in March – a showpiece that they lost from Chelsea, was perhaps a strange timing, but hinted at a breakdown in relationships outside the field.
His competition record in City, which had never finished outside the top four, was accused in January by a bitter transfer wrangle with Forward Chloe Kelly – in which the Lionesses Hero Force of this summer saw a first loan movement to Arsenal. And from that moment the writing looked at the wall for Taylor.
A preference for high possession and urgent, Taylor's predictable and often stubborn style became part of the problem, where inconsistency saw them end outside the Champions League places.
Taylor's ability to develop young players, who worked at the Clubsacademie for nine years before his head coaches are impressed by Liverpool.
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Reigning champion Chelsea wants to secure a record -extending seventh straight WSL title -but they will probably get a big challenge of the European champions Arsenal, who have made a summer statement by signing Liverpool's Olivia Smith as the first £ 1 million player in women's football.
The two Manchester sides City and United also hope to compete, with City, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur among the clubs that start new eras with new managers.
There is also a new face in the WSL in the form of London City Lionesses, which became the first independent club that was promoted to the women's football top.
But with new relegation rules prior to a competition from the competition to 14 teams, this WSL season promises to be different from all others.