Blood Red: The Liverpool Fc Podcast

With Liverpool linked intensively with Ibrahima Konate, Analysing Anfield hosts Josh Williams and David Hughes look into the RB Leipzig defender's underlying metrics. and assess his strengths and weaknesses to evaluate how well he would suit Jurgen Klopp. And ahead of the return to action, they preview the meeting with Arsenal at the Emirates on Saturday night as well as the Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie with Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid on Tuesday.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the League Cup under their belts, Liverpool set off in March 2001 to continue their progress in both the FA Cup and UEFA Cup as well as bid to secure a top=three finish in the Premiership. Amongst the month's standout fixtures was an FA Cup quarter-final visit to Prenton Park to take on John Aldridge's Tranmere Rovers, whilst also facing Porto in the last eight of the UEFA Cup. Join Guy Clarke and Dan Kay as they take a trip down Memory Lane 20 years on in the latest instalment of Houllier's Treble-Winners, with the month finishing with a visit from Manchester United to Anfield as the Reds set their rivals' season off the rails and continued along their own path to glory. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

With Liverpool heavily linked with a £34m move for RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool.com discuss the implications of a potential deal. Host Dan Morgan is joined by Ollie Connolly and Joel Rabinowitz to debate the deal, what impact it would have on Jurgen Klopp’s squad and the future of Ozan Kabak. Moving forward the panel look into what else could lay ahead in the summer transfer window for Michael Edwards and Liverpool. And to finish there’s a new feature looking into the articles across Liverpool.com - and what the writers have taken pleasure in working on. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Liverpool heavily linked with a £34m move for RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate, the Blood Red podcast is here to discuss any potential move. Host Guy Clarke is joined by the ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst and Marcus Banks to discuss the Reds’ defensive options in the transfer market. With Duje Caleta-Car and Ozan Kabak also on Michael Edwards’ shortlist, the panel evaluate Liverpool’s options. Plus we answer your questions in a Q&A segment of the podcast. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catch our exclusive interview with former Liverpool defender Gregory Vignal as he speaks about Gerard Houllier, Rafa Benitez and Steven Gerrard. Having signed for the Reds back in 2000, Vignal was involved in the club's historic 2000/01 treble-winning season during his three-year stay on Merseyside. Speaking with Theo Squires, the Frenchman talks about his relationship with “the boss” Houllier, including his tribute to his ex-manager and attending his funeral. Plus, having worked as a coach at Rangers alongside Gerrard, Vignal shares his insight into the Anfield great's coaching development and whether he could succeed Jurgen Klopp. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool sent Takumi Minamino on loan to Southampton for the remainder of the season in January, but how is he getting on so far? And what does it mean for his future? Matt Addison speaks to Hampshire Live's Southampton reporter Tom Leach and Liverpool writer David Lynch as they look into Minamino's time on the south coast, what Jurgen Klopp thinks about the Japan international, and the factors that will influence whether or not he leaves Anfield permanently this summer. Minamino has had moments in a Saints shirt to date, but the big question remains: what is his best position? That was one of the major questions that needed answering under Ralph Hasenhuttl, so are we any closer to discovering what it is?Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choi

With the transfer rumour mill in full swing, on Blood Red we discuss the hypothetical possibility of re-signing two of Liverpool recent greats, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho. Both players are rumoured to be available for transfer in the upcoming summer transfer window, so who would be most suited to an Anfield return? Guy Clarke is joined by David Lynch, Matt Addison and Marcus Banks to debate the pros and cons to any possible moves. And with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane both set for AFCON duties during the 2021/22 season, Jurgen Klopp could well be in the market for a forward. But what about a new midfielder? Aaron Ramsey, formerly of Arsenal and now of Juventus, has been linked with Liverpool. So the panel discuss that speculation, too.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Uefa get set to revamp and overhaul certain aspects of Financial Fair Play we discuss the impact for FSG and Liverpool. Guy Clarke is joined by the ECHO’s Business of Football writer Dave Powell to discuss the potential tweaks and changes being considered. Amongst those would be the introduction of a salary cap and external sponsors being able to invest in player transfers. But what effect could it have on Liverpool and will it impact upon the upcoming summer transfer window? Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Williams and David Hughes are back to answer your questions, from Gini Wijnaldum to Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita, in the second part of their Analysing Anfield Q&A special. There is plenty of individual focus on players and roles within Jurgen Klopp’s system from the questions submitted, including.. could Liverpool move to a back three? The futures of Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are brought up, while our hosts also answer whether Diogo Jota is a direct replacement for Firmino.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a brand new show on the Blood Red podcast channel, which we’re tentatively calling ‘The Bottom Line’. Why ‘The Bottom Line’? Because this podcast is all about football finances – and Liverpool Football Club’s in particular. The Liverpool ECHO now has a dedicated business of football writer, Dave Powell, and we will be calling on him, plus special guests, to give our listeners an understanding of what’s going on off the pitch at Anfield and elsewhere. To kick us off, Paul Wheelock talks to Dave about two big stories that have emerged this week involving basketball superstar LeBron James and an investment firm called RedBird Capital Partners that is fronted by financier Gerry Cardinale. James (1%) and RedBird (10%) are buying stakes in the owners of Liverpool FC, Fenway Sports Group. So what does it mean for the Premier League champions? Dave discusses that, as well as touching on FSG’s approach to running the Reds; the impact, if any, that missing out on Champions League football will have, and what

Liverpool played an internal 11-vs-11 friendly match in Kirkby at weekend with Mateusz Musialowski and Kaide Gordon among the youngsters to impress. So Matt Addison joins Guy Clarke to give Reds fans the lowdown on the starlets who featured, including Billy Koumetio, James Balagizi and Tyler Morton, as well as Ben Woodburn, who hit a hat-trick and is now back at the club after his loan spell at Neil Critchley’s Blackpool ended. Also on the show is Polish Liverpool supporter Karolina Kurek, who provides the view on the highly-rated Musialowski from the 17-year-old's homeland. There is then the return of the One To Watch feature, which focuses on a striker who scored a 26-minute hat-trick as the FA Youth Cup returned, and the usual check in on how the U18s and U23s are getting on.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

Ahead of the summer transfer window, the Liverpool.com podcast is back with a transfer simulator to assess what Reds could do in the market. Dan Morgan is joined by Joel Rabinowitz and Ollie Connolly as they make their fantasy picks on how things could play out. With a budget of £65m, generated through player sales, the panel each pick the players they’d like to see arrive at Anfield. Amongst the selections are Bayern Munich’s David Alaba, Lyon talisman Memphis Depay, Wolves winger Pedro Neto and Marseille defender Duje Caleta-Car. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Addison, Sean Bradbury and debutant Mark Wakefield join host Guy Clarke for the Blood Red podcast as they talk Gini Wijnaldum, Xabi Alonso, and Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane. A report over the weekend stated that Wijnaldum has agreed to move to Barcelona once his Liverpool contract expires in the summer. So the panel react to that news, look at the legacy the Dutch midfielder would leave behind, and look at how Jurgen Klopp would go about replacing his ‘quiet leader’. Talk then turns to Alonso, who is set to take over Borussia Monchengladbach after Marco Rose departs for Borussia Dortmund. It’s a great move for the former Reds favourite – and could it help him to one day become the manager at Anfield? The panel discuss that prospect before rounding off the podcast by examining the differing reactions to when Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane win penalties. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: htt

Following wins over RB Leipzig and Wolves, the Allez Les Rouges podcast is here to talk about Liverpool's upturn in fortunes. Host Peter Hooton is joined by regular guest Kieth Culvin as well as Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman and Spirit of Shankly chair Joe Blott. The guys begin with a look back on the victories over Leipzig and Wolves before reacting to the Champions League draw, which will see the Reds face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, an discussing if European Cup number seven is a realistic prospects.. Plus Joe explains the discussions Spirit of Shankly have had regarding the return of fans for next season. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With around a quarter of the season to go, how are the Liverpool players out on loan getting on, and what might the future hold for them? Matt Addison speaks to Bundesliga commentator and reporter Kevin Hatchard about Loris Karius, Lancs Live's George Hodgson about Sepp van den Berg, Wales Online's Glen Williams about Harry Wilson and Sheyi Ojo, and Plymouth Live's Chris Errington about Adam Lewis. We also checked in on Harvey Elliott, Marko Grujic and Taiwo Awoniyi on the previous episode of Loan Watch, which you can listen to here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42993799Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool will take on Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and then either FC Porto or Chelsea in the semi-finals should they progress. Join Guy Clarke, Ian Doyle, Joe Rimmer and David Lynch as they discuss the draw and what it means for the rest of this season. Could Liverpool (and Mohamed Salah) get revenge over Zinedine Zidane's men (and Sergio Ramos)? They have already knocked out a German side, and could knock out a European giant and Chelsea before the final in Istanbul as the similarities to 2004/05 continue... The podcast concludes with a chat about Trent Alexander-Arnold's omission from the England squad just months before the European Championships in the summer. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Liverpool ECHO LFC newsletter: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Learn more about your ad

Ahead of this morning's Champions League quarter-final, and semi-final, draw the Blood Red podcast discuss the teams still in the competition with Liverpool set to face one of: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, PSG, Porto, Chelsea or Manchester City in the last eight - and then potentially the last four. For live reaction to the draw, join the Blood Red YouTube channel from 11am (GMT): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtwWatch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve all seen them on social media. So, after a quick recap of a second straight win for Jurgen Klopp’s side, the Liverpool.com podcasts gets stuck into their five favourite Liverpool conspiracies. On the agenda for host Dan Morgan and guests Ollie Connolly and Joel Rabinowitz is: the relationship between Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane; the injury problems are ‘all the fault of the medical department’; FSG; Jurgen Klopp and his future, and Ben Davies. Which are the wildest? And which are grounded in (some) truth? Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a 19-day break between Liverpool matches underway, the Analysing Anfield podcast dedicates the first of two special shows to listener questions covering a wide range of topics. Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and transfers get a mention, as does the wider FSG strategy and approach heading into the summer, where Liverpool might need to attract players without the allure of Champions League football. There is also a discussion of the evolution of the Reds’ front three and whether Curtis Jones could be a left-field option to succeed Roberto Firmino. Josh Williams and David Hughes provide the answers to as many questions before promising to return with more on next week’s show. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neil Fitzmaurice is joined by the Liverpool ECHO’s Paul Gorst and Joe Rimmer for his latest Poetry in Motion podcast. After a tribute to Ian St John, and a brilliant story involving Bill Shankly, Fitzy talks Fabinho, who Gorsty calls Liverpool’s most important player, and Diogo Jota, whose winner at his former club Wolves on Monday got the defending champions back on track in the Premier League. But while Jota has hit the ground running following his return from injury, what’s going on with Sadio Mane in front of goal? The panel discuss that, ask if Thiago Alcantara takes too much stick, and wonder whether Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak could become unlikely Anfield heroes in the vein of some of those players that won No 5 in Istanbul in 2005. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices