I get where you're coming from - it's happened to me a few times. Restructure, no change in role but reporting line changes - sometimes it works out very well, sometimes not so much. Can depend on the extent to which reporting to Barber was key in Winstanley (for example) taking his current...
‘We’re now going over to to talk to xxx about Dan Ashworth moving to Brighton. Maarnin xxx, so Dan Ashworth might be leaving the England set up and going to join Chrissy Hughton at Brighton. Do you think Liverpool can beat City to the title this season ?’
This. Bloom runs a multi million pound business, Barber is a professional PL CEO, decisions like this will be very well thought out........this will be all about allowing CH and PW (and others) to focus entirely on their main priorities.
Hope this happens - huge statement of intent by he club to bring in someone with his reputation. Sounds like the press 'leaks' are very deliberate
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/09/24/dan-ashworth-expected-named-new-technical-director-brighton/