Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

The international break is over! But to help you get you through the final days before proper football is back, Peter Hooton is back with his Allez Les Rouges podcast, featuring regular guests Ste Monaghan and Kieth Culvin, plus journalist and author Simon Hughes. The panel talk Liverpool’s impending return to action, at Arsenal on Saturday, and then the Champions League quarter-final first leg at Real Madrid on Tuesday. It looks like the Reds will need to win the club’s seventh European Cup after falling off the pace in the top-four race in the Premier League if they are to play Champions League football next season. So that leads to a discussion over whether FSG will regret moving so late in the January transfer window for centre-back reinforcements. With Ibrahima Konate a potential target, will Liverpool’s owners move faster to snap up targets in the summer? Simon gives his expert insight into that and into the major FSG investment deal with RedBird Capital Partners, which was confirmed just hours after the podcast was recorded.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 supporters can expect when the club’s latest financial accounts are released. Hope you enjoy the podcast and if there’s anything you would like us to cover on future shows, please get in touch with @_DavePowell and @PaulWheelock on Twitter.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 1-0 win at Wolves on Monday was the type of game Liverpool won regularly on the way to the Premier League title last season. And the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Matt Addison and featuring Ian Doyle and Sean Bradbury, wonders whether that would have been the case this season too had Jota not spent a large part of it on the sidelines. But the Portuguese is back now and his winner against his former club Wolves has revived Liverpool’s hopes of finishing in the Champions League places. Can the Reds do it? And is the 19-day break until their next match going to help or hinder their chances? The panel talk that before focusing on the burgeoning centre-back partnership between Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak, discussing a Ben Davies theory, looking at Thiago’s performances, and then giving some end-of-season predictions. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diogo Jota returned to his former club Wolves to grab his first goal for Liverpool since his injury lay-off and help them to get back to winning ways in the Premier League. The strike, on the stroke of half-time, was the Portuguese's 10th of the campaign as Liverpool saw out the slender advantage. Worryingly, Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio was forced off on a stretcher after a late clash with Conor Coady. Join Guy Clarke for reaction to the win at Molineux as we hear from the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst, Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference, as well as regular contributors Hannah Pinnock, Mike Holt, Mark Baker and Ross Strachan. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool travel to Wolves off the back of a morale-boosting Champions League victory midweek - needing to translate that form into the Premier League. Matt Addison speaks to Birmingham Live's Wolves reporter Alex Dicken to get the lowdown from Molineux ahead of the clash between the sides. Diogo Jota is going back to his former club for the first time, with Pedro Neto the man who has stepped up to replace him. Raul Jiminez has been missing through injury, contributing to Wolves' poor performances in the league under Nuno Espirito Santo - and Alex says he has been as big a loss as any of the Reds stars who are out. Adama Traore was linked with a £100m move to some of Europe's top clubs, including Liverpool, last summer, but has only managed one assist and no goals in the league this season - though that does not tell the whole story. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the summer transfer window gets closer, Liverpool have been linked with two high profile forwards in Erling Haaland and Paulo Dybala. Matt Addison joins Guy Clarke for the latest episode of The Agenda to discuss the links with the Borussia Dortmund and Juventus forwards. Is a centre forward top of Jurgen Klopp’s summer shopping list? How much would either Haaland or Dybala cost? And how important would Champions League football be in signing either of them? 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At his press conference to preview Wolves v Liverpool in the Premier League, Jurgen Klopp gives an update on Roberto Firmino’s fitness and why Ben Davies has yet to feature. Liverpool boss Klopp also confirms that Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak will continue in the centre of defence against Wolves on Monday night – providing they don’t become the latest centre-backs to pick up injuries.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Dan Morgan, Ollie Connolly and Mark Wakefield as they talk Fabinho, Liverpool’s captaincy and Mohamed Salah. Jurgen Klopp moved Fabinho forward into his favoured No 6 role in the Champions League win over RB Leipzig. It was a decision that certainly paid off but can the Reds boss afford to no longer consider the Brazilian as a centre-back option? The panel discuss that, and the performances of Ozan Kabak and Dayot Upamecano, before talk turns to why Mohamed Salah was not made captain for the second-leg victory given Jordan Henderson, Virgil van Dijk and James Milner were all unavailable. Salah actually dominates the second half of the podcast with Dan, Ollie and Mark also questioning whether the Egyptian King truly gets the plaudits he deserves for his incredible goalscoring exploits from the wing.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fabinho was back to his best as his performance helped transform Liverpool in midweek - and now the task is to take that form into Monday's match against Wolves. Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp might have his template for the Premier League after the Champions League win over RB Leipzig, with Ozan Kabak and Nat Phillips solid enough to warrant another chance. Host Matt Addison is joined by Paul Gorst, David Lynch and Theo Squires to look back at Liverpool's last-16 win and assess whether that could represent a turning point in the season.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One year to the day since Liverpool were the last English club to welcome a capacity crowd to a game on home soil, Guy Clarke explores the impact the pandemic has had on each aspect of the Liverpool FC community. Paul Gorst, the ECHO’s Liverpool correspondent, explains the effect on working within football; chair of Spirit of Shankly, Joe Blott, talks about the campaigning that supporters’ groups across the country – including on Merseyside – have done; Dan Morgan, content editor of the Liverpool.com website, speaks as a fan and as a Kop season-ticket holder, while Dave Powell, the business of football writer at the ECHO, discusses the financial ramifications. Plus, there’s excerpts from Jurgen Klopp and Gini Wijnaldum, 12 months on from that Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at Anfield. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool are through to the last eight in the Champions League for the third time in four season after beating RB Leipzig 2-0 in the second leg out in Budapest to make it 4-0 on aggregate. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane once again the scorers for Jurgen Klopp's side as the Post-Game podcast reacts to the result. Join Guy Clarke as we hear from Klopp's press conference, the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst give his verdict plus regular contributors Ross Strachan and Hannah Pinnock have their say as well as Post-Game debutant Mike Holt. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of the Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against RB Leipzig on Wednesday, we get the lowdown on a player who Liverpool will be up against in Budapest, and who, if reports are to be believed, is a possible summer transfer target for Jurgen Klopp. Ibrahima Konate is thought to have a release clause similar - €40m - to fellow Leipzig centre-back Dayot Upamecano, who is moving to Bayern Munich. Konate is being tipped to follow Upamecano in leaving the Bundesliga outfit in the near future - with Liverpool one of the clubs to have been linked with the 21-year-old Frenchman. So what type of player is he? Would he be worth the money? And would he sign for the Reds even without Champions League football? Matt Addison speaks to former team-mate of Liverpool boss Klopp, Guido Schafer, who is now a journalist for Leipzig-based newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung, and then Josh Williams, our tactics and analytics writer, to find out whether there could - or should - be anything in links between the Premier League champions and Konate.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Liverpool lost to Chelsea and then Fulham, what do the numbers say about their current slump? Well, the pattern is interesting, if not particularly encouraging for the rest of the 2020/21 season. Join Josh Williams and David Hughes as they talk through the numbers, statistics and underlying metrics and question whether a change of tactics from Jurgen Klopp could be the answer - or even if it should have already been done. After that comes a look into Steven Gerrard's Rangers and the incredible job the Liverpool legend is doing in Scotland, with the metrics for his team favourable compared to any of the top clubs around Europe, particularly on the defensive side. There is then a preview of Liverpool's second-leg Champions League last-16 tie with RB Leipzig, and a look forward to Wolves in the Premier League on Monday night - with both matches, particularly the European one, potentially tricky in their own ways.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp and Gini Wijnaldum have been speaking with the media ahead of Liverpool's Champions League round of 16 second leg with RB Leipzig. On the day the German FA confirmed Joachim Low will stand down after Euro 2020 in the summer, Klopp's press conference was dominated by links to the upcoming vacancy. Meanwhile, Wijnaldum spoke about the impact of no fans at Anfield on the Reds' current run of form as well as his own contract situation, with his current deal due to expire 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blood Red was invited to speak with RB Leipzig left-back Angelino ahead of the Bundesliga side's Champions League last-16 second-leg clash with Liverpool on Wednesday (March 10). The former Manchester City defender has faced Liverpool at their best before and says it is only a matter of time before the Reds get back to that level, while he was also scathing in his criticism of former manager at the Etihad Stadium, Pep Guardiola. Our own Matt Addison asked Angelino about Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and his side's chances of progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals, while there were also questions about Trent Alexander-Arnold and Leipzig's highly-rated manager Julian Nagelsmann. The Spaniard also revealed his thoughts on why Liverpool have struggled this season, praising Virgil van Dijk.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Liverpool fell to a sixth straight defeat at Anfield their Champions League qualification hopes have been left in the balance. Join Guy Clarke, Ian Doyle, Matt Addison and Marcus Banks to look back on the loss to Fulham before previewing Wednesday’s Champions League tie with RB Leipzig. Sadio Mane’s lack of form, the Reds’ shot-shy approach at Anfield and prioritising the Champions League are all debated. So too is Steven Gerrard’s SPL success at Rangers before getting into the panel’s team selection and match predictions. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool fell to a sixth straight home defeat and extended the wait for a goal in open play following defeat to Fulham. Mario Lemina's first half strike separated the two sides to left Jurgen Klopp's side's Champions League qualification hopes hanging in the balance. Join Guy Clarke for the Post-Game podcast as we hear from the ECHO's Liverpool correspondent Paul Gorst from Anfield, Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference as well as our regular contributors Steve Dawson, Owen Thomas, Hannah Pinnock and Mark Baker. Plus those commenting in the Blood Red podcast Facebook group. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following the passing of Ian St John, Allez Les Rouges is here to pay tribute to a Anfield icon, before getting onto Liverpool’s current run of form. Host Peter Hooton is joined by regulars Ste Monaghan, Kieth Culvin and John Nicolson as well as author and journalist Brian Reade. The panel reminisce about St John, his role in Bill Shankly’s famous side and winning the Reds’ first-ever FA Cup in 1965. Following Thursday's defeat to Chelsea, the discussion moves onto where and how Jurgen Klopp can get the current Liverpool crop firing again and why things have gone wrong this season. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Paul Gorst, Ian Doyle, David Lynch and host Guy Clarke for the Blood Red podcast as they talk Jurgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah and Liverpool’s continued fall from grace. The Reds lost 1-0 to Chelsea on Thursday night to put their Champions League hopes in jeopardy with Klopp’s call to take Salah off raising eyebrows – most notably with the Egyptian forward’s agent. Liverpool have not been helped by a series of injuries to centre-backs and defensive midfielders. But after suffering a fifth straight home loss for the first time in the club’s history, can that completely explain their worrying form? The panel try to answer that question, looking at the lack of creativity and threat, the midfield 'pressing problem', FSG and the club’s recruitment, plus some of Klopp's recent decisions, including the one to hook Salah against Chelsea. And after the inquest ends, and VAR is given a good kicking, it's time for team selections and score predictions for the visit of Fulham to Anfield on Sunday. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reveals that Ozan Kabak is the latest centre-back to be injured, at his press conference to preview Sunday's visit of Fulham to Anfield. Klopp also expands on his decision to take off the Premier League's leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah just past the hour-mark in last night's damaging 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea. You can listen to the press conference in full here.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool fell to a fifth consecutive home loss for the first time in the club's history following a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League. Mason Mount's first-half goal was all that separated the sides in the key game for Champions League qualification. Join Guy Clarke for reaction from Jurgen Klopp's post-match press conference, the Liverpool ECHO's LFC correspondent Paul Gorst at Anfield, as well as a number of our fan regular contributors as Lauren Black, Alex Watt, Ross Strachan and Mark Baker all gives their thoughts. Plus, we read out some of the comments from those writing in the Blood Red podcast Facebook group. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Liverpool face a challenge to qualify for Champions League football next season, the Liverpool.com podcast takes a look at their most important players. From Mohamed Salah to Sadio Mane, Thiago Alcantara, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Fabinho and Ozan Kabak, there is plenty of debate to be had. Host Dan Morgan is joined by Ollie Connolly and Mark Wakefield to pick out who are the men who will decide Liverpool’s fate. The panel discuss the pros and cons for each contender before settling on the top five in numerical order.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jurgen Klopp has been facing the media ahead of Chelsea's visit to Anfield in a crunch game in the bid for Champions League qualification in the Premier League. Firstly, Klopp was asked about his personal memories of Liverpool's legendary forward Ian St John following his passing at the age of 82. Ahead of the Chelsea match, Klopp then revealed both Alisson Becker and Fabinho are back in training and that there will be a late call on Diogo Jota who missed the visit to Sheffield United through illness. The German also spoke on his relationship with compatriot Thomas Tuchel and what to expect from Chels, plus how the battle for the top four is shaping up. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool vs Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday night is shaping up to be a huge clash in the race for the Champions League spots - and it's loaded full of sub-plots. New Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel is a disciple of Jurgen Klopp, having followed the Liverpool boss in managing Mainz and then Borussia Dortmund, while Timo Werner was, for a long time, someone Klopp thought about bringing to Anfield, before he instead opted for Diogo Jota, who could be back for the big match after injury and illness. And there are several other big-name players like Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz and Callum Hudson-Odoi who Tuchel has been tasked with getting the best from after succeeding Frank Lampard at Stamford Bridge. So to get the view from the capital ahead of the big battle on Merseyside, Matt Addison speaks to Football.London's Chelsea reporter Sam Inkersole. Who are the key players to watch? How do Chelsea see this game playing out tactically? And what can we learn from Tuchel's time so far? All is discussed as Liverpool seek a first home win since December 16.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Liverpool prepare to welcome Chelsea to Anfield for a key Premier League showdown in the fight for Champions League qualification, the Analysing Anfield podcast is back. Josh Williams and David Hughes delve into the data and analytical information ahead of the game, whilst also looking at how the Reds got back to winning ways against Sheffield United. What difference has Thomas Tuchel made at Chelsea? Should Liverpool be concerned about Timo Werner despite his lack of goals? And where can they get at the Blues? Plus, Josh and Dave look ahead to the weekend’s visit of Fulham to Anfield. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool are mourning the loss of a genuine Reds legend today after the passing of Ian St John at the age of 82. St John joined Liverpool from Motherwell in 1961 and went on to play 425 games for Bill Shankly's side, scoring 118 goals across a decade of service during one of the great Anfield eras. As well as winning two top-flight league titles, St John scored the decisive goal in Liverpool’s first-ever FA Cup victory in 1965. Matt Addison is joined by the Liverpool ECHO's head of sport, David Prentice, to pay tribute to the impact that St John made on Liverpool FC as heartfelt tributes pour in. They also take a look at his media career, with 'Saint and Greavsie', in which he co-starred alongside Jimmy Greaves, one of the pioneering football shows of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as St John's radio appearances, including on Liverpool station Radio City alongside Everton hero Ian Snodin.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New signings to be excited about, a title race and a last-gasp Merseyside derby win: Liverpool's youth teams are providing plenty of talking points at the start of 2021. Guy Clarke and Matt Addison have the latest news from Kirkby, where Kaide Gordon, Mateusz Musialowski and Paul Glatzel are all on the agenda as the exciting conveyor belt of talent coming through continues. There is also the latest on both the UEFA Youth League and the FA Youth Cup, the contrasting injury fortunes of James Balagizi and Jack Bearne, Gary O'Neil's move to Bournemouth, and why Jake Cain and Leighton Clarkson have both been denied the same opportunity as Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott. With all the info on new signings Gordon, Stefan Bajtetic and Liam Hughes, plus the return of our 'One to Watch' feature, this is all you need to know about the latest goings on at Liverpool's Academy. Enjoy.Kaide Gordon profile podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/user/12250300/kaide-gordon-26jan-mixdownWatch 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Curtis Jones’ breakthrough against Sheffield United helped Liverpool end a four-game Premier League losing streak ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Anfield on Thursday night. Join the Blood Red podcast for reaction to the win at Bramall Lane as Ian Doyle, Connor Dunn and Theo Squires join Guy Clarke. Jones’ growing stature in Jurgen Klopp’s side is up for discussion plus the performances of Roberto Firmino and defensive pairing Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak in the Steel City. And, ahead of the Chelsea game, the panel end with their team selections for the key clash and the usual match predictions. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Paul Wheelock for the Post-Game podcast as we react to Liverpool's morale-boosting 2-0 win at Sheffield United. Starting with the verdict of the Liverpool ECHO's chief LFC writer Ian Doyle, continuing with Reds boss Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full, in which he drops some very positive team news ahead of Thursday's huge Anfield showdown with Chelsea, and ending with the thoughts of supporters Lauren Black, Ross Strachan and Hannah Pinnock... this is the view from the pressbox, dugout and the stands. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Guy Clarke and Dan Kay for our latest instalment of Houllier’s Treble-Winners, our monthly podcast-series looking back on Liverpool’s incredible 2000-01 campaign. After almost six years of waiting, the Reds ended their trophy drought, 20 years ago this month, getting their hands on the Worthington Cup. So Guy and Dan reflect on the first leg of the historic treble, from Robbie Fowler’s role in Cardiff to the impact that the penalty shoot-out success over Birmingham City at the Millennium Stadium had on the careers of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. Plus, February 2001 was also the month the Reds booked their place in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, seeing off would-be Italian champions AS Roma thanks to a Michael Owen brace in the Eternal City and a dramatic decision in the second leg at Anfield. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do clubs choose which players to move for? How do they know how much to pay? And why are some clubs so much better at it than others? Matt Addison is joined by Five Yards co-founder Guy Rogers, who is an expert in all things scouting, analytics and transfers, to talk about a growing sector of the football market. With reference to Liverpool, of course, there is no better example to centre the chat around. Guy has a background in bookmaking and football through Squawka and 21st Club, who advise football clubs on how to advance themselves off the field and maintain their competitive advantage in recruitment, scouting and analytics, with Naby Keita, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott among the Liverpool players discussed. 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices