And you thought we were a Football Club! If you fancied working closely with the Manager on transfer strategy, player negotiations etc, forget it; for Item No. 7 lays out your duties as “ensuring that he has the necessary resources and support to achieve outstanding results” – in other words keep your nose out, because Rafa is King.

Yes, this job description has the whiff of Tapas about it all right, and you can bet your last Zargon that Rafa will have scrutinised its contents like a DVD of South American left-wingers.

Press on, and you kind of get used to the repetitive language peppering the Responsibilities and Duties and the Candidate Profile. Leveraging this...globalising that... world-class S&M experience (that’s sales and marketing, so Max Mosley need not apply).

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for maximising our commercial income; we’ve fallen behind our beloved neighbours from the other end of the East Lancs mainly because of our failure to capitalise on such opportunities.

But isn’t there something missing here? Hang on, what’s this? Buried at Item 8 in the Candidate Profile: “Empathy with the values and heritage of Liverpool Football Club and a love for the game and all that it stands for would be advantageous”. Advantageous? Surely you mean bleeding essential?

Now I’m not saying you have to be a raving Red to do this job; I’m not a Geordie after all.

But understanding our heritage and the special bond between club and fans is surely worth more than a throwaway line near the end of the job description don’t you think?

Fail to get that, and all the corporate sponsorship in the world won’t save you from becoming Odgers’ Bodge.