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Peter Moore set to begin role as Liverpool chief executive

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Liverpool's new chief executive Peter Moore officially begins work on Thursday with his first task being to help manager Jurgen Klopp be more competitive on the pitch.

Moore, former chief competition officer of gaming company EA Sports, has been brought in purely in a business role with football operations -- including transfer negotiations and player contracts -- undertaken by sporting director Michael Edwards.

It means Moore, who also has experience of senior roles at Microsoft, SEGA and Reebok, will be able to concentrate on the financial side and fill the vacuum there has been since predecessor Ian Ayre's departure in February put even more focus on Klopp as the club's only real public figure.