Matt Beard out of work since leaving Liverpool
Burnley to become fully professional next season
Burnley are in advanced talks with the former Liverpool manager Matt Beard about their women’s team’s head coach role, the Guardian can reveal.
It is understood the club are close to a deal with the 47-year-old in what would be a big statement of intent from the third-tier club, who recently announced they will become fully professional next season.
Beard, formerly also the manager of Chelsea, Boston Breakers and West Ham, oversaw a fourth-placed finish in the Women’s Super League with Liverpool 13 months ago and has extensive experience at the top of the women’s game. He guided Liverpool to back-to-back WSL titles in 2013 and 2014, during the first of his two spells there. He also led Chelsea to the FA Cup final in 2012 and West Ham to the 2019 final. In his second spell at Liverpool, Beard oversaw promotion to the WSL in 2022 before leaving on 27 February with the team seventh.
