Whether or not a manager should go back to a club where they were successful before is one of those evergreen debates in football.
But in the case of Matt Beard’s return to Liverpool FC Women this summer, that debate feels moot.
Given that the squad, the staff, the training ground, the stadium and even the team’s name, after their rebrand from Liverpool Ladies in 2018, have all changed since 2015, in many ways this isn’t the same club Beard left behind for his adventure with Boston Breakers of the National Women’s Soccer League.