Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

The transfer window has shut, the new season is on our doorstep, it’s time to get ready for action. Theo Squires is joined by Dan Kay and Liverpool reporter Ian Doyle to talk through a summer of transfer business with Sepp van den Berg, Harvey Elliott and Adrian joining the Reds. They also touch on the importance of Jurgen Klopp keeping his squad together, looking to go one further in the Premier League after finishing as runners-up to Manchester City last year. Having reflected on the ins and outs at Anfield, there is also a brief discussion on what to expect elsewhere in the Premier League before looking forward to the opening night and reflecting on Klopp’s press conference on the eve of the new season. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of the opening day of the season, Jurgen Klopp has been addressing the media. Speaking on Deadline Day, the manager has spoken about the Reds transfer policy through the summer. He also had words on the fitness of Sadio Mane, following his return from the African Cup of Nations. With VAR set to be introduced into the Premier League for 2019/20, he also gave his thoughts on the introduction of the technology before getting onto what his is expecting from Norwich City on Friday night in their Premier League opener. Enjoy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The final day to do business in the transfer market is upon us. A mad-dash, supermarket sweep-style is happening across the Premier League. Here, Dan Morgan and Joel Rabinowitz from Liverpool.com talk through Liverpool’s moves through the summer, or lack of, as well as taking a glance at the moves a number of rivals have made. If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neil Fitzmaurice is here ahead of the new season getting underway to preview what’s to come over the next nine months ahead of the start of the new Premier League season. Joined by Connor Dunn and Caoimhe O’Neill, there’s plenty to get through ahead of the new campaign. With Harry Wilson off on loan to Bournemouth there’s a discussion whether Jurgen Klopp is doing the right thing in not strengthening the forward areas. Following on from the Community Shield with Manchester City, have Liverpool got City’s number? The pre-season predictions are back too with the panel giving their thoughts on the title race, relegation battle, the sack race, surprise packages and competition for the Golden Boot. Plus there’s views on the opening night of the season against Norwich. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With transfer deadline day just a day away, one name is on everyone’s lips: Philippe Coutinho. The former Liverpool midfielder has been linked with the exit door at Barcelona all summer and now a crowd of Premier League sides seem set to make a move. Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal have all been linked with a loan move for the Brazilian, with a move to north London seeming most likely. Here, Dan Austin and Kristian Walsh discuss the dilemma the Reds face in potentially seeing Coutinho line up against them in the Premier League this coming season. If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new season is upon us - or is it already here? - as Liverpool get set for another tilt at the Premier League title. Kristian Walsh and Josh Williams sit down to discuss Sunday's penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester City and ask: does it really matter? There were certainly some interesting numbers to take from it, some of which show the Reds are ready to take the fight to City in the Premier League once more. But there are also signs Pep Guardiola is not resting on his 98-point haul last season, either. The duo also preview Norwich City and their impressive recruitment strategy, although it shouldn't be enough to stop Liverpool starting the new campaign in the best way possible. Josh, who never does predictions, also predicts the league winner, relegation and Champions League winner. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your weekday talking point today centres around Simon Mignolet’s Liverpool career. Following his move from Anfield to Club Brugge, Liverpool.com’s Dan Austin is joined by the Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst to rule an eye over the Belgian’s six-year stay with the Reds. Looking back to his debut campaign in 2013/14 under Brendan Rodgers to how he’s kept his professionalism through losing his place as No.1 to first Loris Karius at the start of 2018 prior to the arrival of Alisson Becker. If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It may have ended in a penalty shootout defeat to Manchester City, but there is plenty to be optimistic following the Reds’ Community Shield showing. Blood Red look back over the curtain raiser as Sean Bradbury is joined by Ian Doyle, Paul Gorst and Theo Squires. With confirmation of one in, one out in the goalkeeping department the panel discuss Simon Mignolet’s departure to Club Brugge and the arrival of former West Ham ‘keeper Adrian on a free transfer. The rivalry with Manchester City is analysed once more with the two sides ready to go head-to-head ahead of the new season. Plus, there’s talk on what may be left in the transfer window for Jurgen Klopp’s side with the window set to close at 5pm on Thursday. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The curtain has been raised - the new season is here and of the evidence of what we’ve seen at Wembley in today's Community Shield, it seems this year Liverpool and Man City are ready to go toe-to-toe once more. It may have ended in a penalty shootout defeat to City, after Joel Matip cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s first half goal, but Jurgen Klopp’s Reds certainly put Pep Guardiola’s men to the sword - enjoying more possession, shots and chances. Guy Clarke brings you Post-Game as we hear from manager Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool Echo Liverpool FC reporter Ian Doyle and a selection of fans following the match at Wembley. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the first Behind Enemy Lines of the new season. If you’re a first-time listener, this is the podcast where we get the inside track on Liverpool’s next opponents... who just so happen to be Manchester City in Sunday’s Community Shield at Wembley. Now the domestic treble winners need little introduction after their titanic Premier League title battle with the newly crowned champions of Europe. But with the sides set to be fight out it out for the top honours both home and abroad this season, we caught up with Richard Burns, a City fan, writer and broadcaster, who is a regular on the long-standing Blue Moon podcast. Along with host Paul Wheelock, they talk THAT title run-in, the growing rivalry between the clubs, and whether both teams would shake hands now on a deal that would see the Reds win the Premier League and City the Champions League. Also on the agenda is City’s summer transfer business, Liverpool’s lack of it, the departure of Vincent Kompany and possible departure of Leroy Sane, the return of Kevin de Bruyne, and whether this Community Shield should be considered much more than a glorified friendly. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We had the pleasure of chatting to former Liverpool defender, and new QPR signing, Conor Masterson for our latest podcast. Speaking to Jonathan Higgins, the Republic of Ireland Under-21 international tells us his story of how he went from playing for his local side, Lucan United, to joining the Reds, his childhood dream club. Conor spent more than five years with Liverpool with one of the big highlights being the night he was included in the squad for the famous 3-0 win over Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals. The 20-year-old talks in detail about that magical night, the amazing atmosphere, the reception for the Liverpool team bus, and how it led to blowing City away, offering a unique insight into the real power of Anfield's 12th man. Conor also explains the impact Jurgen Klopp had on his career, and just how good Virgil Van Dijk is on the training ground, plus the badly timed injured that impacted his Reds career, but how he can’t wait to get started in the Championship this weekend with his new club QPR. We also hear about Conor’s pride in wearing the green of Ireland, his excitement about compatriot and Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, and his hopes for the future. It's a great listen - enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of Liverpool starting their season in the Community Shield against Manchester City at Wembley Sean Bradbury, Paul Gorst, Connor Dunn and Ian Doyle (back from following the Reds across the globe) talk through the hot topics out of Anfield. Kicking off they pose whether or not it’s stick or twist for Harry Wilson at Liverpool before getting into the business other rivals have done in the transfer window. Ahead of Sunday’s Community Shield clash with Man City at Wembley they get into discussing the importance of the game – as well as pick through the XI they’d choose if they were in Jurgen Klopp’s shoes. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser linked with a £25m move to Liverpool Dan Austin and Joel Rabinowitz discuss the possibility of a move. Following the success of Andy Robertson, Gini Wijnaldum and Virgil van Dijk having arrived from Premier League sides lower down the table, the lads discuss the positives of a move for the Scot. If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of the new EFL season getting underway, we catch up with former Liverpool midfielder Danny Guthrie. Now with Walsall, the 32-year-old tells us all about growing up at Melwood, training alongside the likes of Steven Gerrard, Dietmar Hamann and Xabi Alonso to making his full debut away in Istanbul against Galatasaray. As well as reflecting on his time at Anfield, he tells Guy Clarke about the decision to leave and sign for Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle having previously worked under another Reds hero of yesteryear in Sammy Lee at Bolton. Bringing it round to the present day, Guthrie explains his hopes for Walsall heading into the new season, after explaining about his adventures in Indonesia! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to your latest podcast on the Blood Red channel with a man who is not only a big Liverpool fan, but also one of the best young managers in the Football League, Ryan Lowe. Now you may remember the podcast we did with Ryan last summer before his Bury side took on his beloved Reds in a pre-season friendly at Gigg Lane. Well it turned out the words Jurgen Klopp said to the 40-year-old after the match helped inspire what was an incredible season for the Shakers. Bury won promotion to League One after scoring an impressive 82 goals in 46 games. But what made that achievement all the more remarkable was the off-the-field problems that Ryan, his coaching team and his players had to deal with. And sadly for Bury, it’s got much, much worse since then. They’ve been deducted 12 points, their opening game of the new League One season has been suspended, and there is a real threat they could be expelled from the Football League. Ryan took the reluctant but understandable decision to leave for Plymouth Argyle, who will be looking to win immediate promotion back to League One this season. So, in a catch-up with Paul Wheelock, Ryan not only talks about his new job and his time at Bury, but also the support Jurgen Klopp has shown him since their first meeting 12 months ago, a shock visit from Kenny Dalglish, and what it was like watching Liverpool be crowned champions of Europe for the sixth time as a fan in Madrid. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Lyon, focus turns to winger Harry Wilson and his future at Anfield. Join Dan Austin and Dan Morgan as they talk about the options the 22-year-old has after his spectacular individual strike against the French outfit. Through the course of the chat the team discuss what Wilson’s options are; whether he can break into the first team and whether he’s following in the footsteps of one of the heros in Madrid? If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isn't it amazing what the return of world-class players can do for a team? With Alisson Becker, Naby Keita, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah thrown straight back into the starting line-up after returning to training, Liverpool rounded off their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 win over Lyon. The win went some way to erasing the memory of what was a pretty poor performance against Napoli at Murrayfield - and it does leave the defending champions of Europe looking in much better shape for Sunday’s Community Shield against Manchester City. We'll have much more on that on the Blood Red channel in the coming days, but this podcast concentrates on what went down in Geneva, starting with the verdict of our Reds reporter Ian Doyle, which is followed by Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full, in which the Liverpool manager discusses the the future of Harry Wilson, whose brilliant goal sealed the victory.*We now have a Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Thanks! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Analysing Anfield is back! After a near six-week hiatus (due to Josh being on holiday, and then Kristian being on the US tour), the team are back to bring all the latest analytical and statistical discussion around Liverpool. In the second part of a two-part series (the first part was released on June 18, if you want to refresh your memories...), Kristian Walsh and Josh Williams briefly discuss the signings of Rodri and Tanguy Ndombele for Manchester City and Tottenham respectively, before deep-diving into the summer business of Arsenal and Manchester United. With the top six assessed, focus then falls back on to Liverpool and their lack of transfer activity, as well as a look at what has gone wrong during pre-season, and if there is cause for concern long-term. And don't worry, Analysing Anfield is now back for good... until Josh's next holiday, at least! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your daily dose of Liverpool-related news is back in it’s bitesize chunk looking into the latest major transfer rumours around the Premier League. Today Kristian Walsh and Dan Austin discuss the moves the Reds’ Premier League rivals are plotting as the transfer window draws closer to its close. Which north-west rivals look set to beat Tottenham to the signing of Juventus forward Paulo Dybala, is Harry Maguire actually heading to Old Trafford, have Arsenal signed the forward Jurgen Klopp should’ve bought. If you want, you can also check the pod out on our Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the Allez Les Rouges podcast with a difference! Host Peter Hooton and regular guests Ste Monaghan, Kieth Culvin, John Nicolson and Joe Blott are holidaying in Sorrento and so watched Sunday's friendly at Murrayfield alongside Napoli fans bar in a bar in south-west Italy - and it's from there where they recorded their latest show. Split into two halves, reacting to the first half and then reflecting after the second, our panel wonder whether the 3-0 defeat to the Italians is a cause for concern and whether a fired-up Napoli side is a sign of things to come. They also try to pick out the positives but struggle to see them in the performance of one Liverpool midfielder. They also state which back-up striker must starts Sunday's Community Shield clash with Manchester City even though Mohamad Salah and Roberto Firmino are back. Before the podcast ends with an interesting debate about the club's move to trademark the word 'Liverpool'. With Peter playing devil's advocate, it's asked whether the move is good business sense or it is the thin end of the wedge. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to our new podcast on the Blood Red channel, The Agenda, a bite-sized look at Liverpool news and views before we serve up some of our established shows later in the day. And on this edition, Kristian Walsh and Dan Austin, of our new Liverpool.com website (click HERE to see that), discuss the one and only Divock Origi, exactly five years on since his arrival at Anfield. Now Liverpool.com have been getting some grief for calling Origi a Liverpool legend. So here Kristian and Dan passionate defend that claim. Let us know what you think!*We now have a Blood Red YouTube channel. Watch, like and subscribe HERE. Thanks! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Defeat to Napoli leaves the Reds having shipped 10 goals in their last four pre-season outings, so is there reason to be concerned? Joe Rimmer talks over the defeat to Napoli at Murrayfield with Paul Gorst, Caoimhe O’Neill and Theo Squires. Moving on from the loss to the Italians, focus of course switches to whether or not Jurgen Klopp should make a late dash in the transfer market with a certain 36-year-old Franck Ribery mooted, as well as what to do with Harry Wilson and Ryan Kent. The pre-season warm-ups finish on Sunday in the Community Shield, with the panel touching on the importance of the match following a week in Evian. All that and much more, plus a mention of East 17 (remember them). Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was in front of the media this morning to preview Sunday’s Community Shield clash v Manchester City at Wembley. With the Reds off to France for a week-long training camp, the press conference was brought forward, and staged in Edinburgh, just over 12 hours since their 3-0 defeat to Napoli at Murrayfield. On the agenda, apart from the showdown with Premier League champions City, was why the training camp will be ‘massively important’ to the European Cup winners, when Klopp will be able to call on the returning Alisson Becker, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, the emergence of Rhian Brewster, and the future of Ryan Kent. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is only pre-season, three of the big guns are back in training tomorrow, and it is only eight weeks since Liverpool were crowned champions of Europe. But the concerns that arose during the US tour very much remain after the Reds were beaten 3-0 by Napoli at Murrayfield on Sunday. Ian Doyle was on reporting duty for the ECHO at the home of Scottish rugby, and it is his verdict on what was at times an embarrassing afternoon that kick off this podcast. You will then hear Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full, which includes his thoughts on the game, the cameo of 16-year-old new boy Harvey Elliott, the future of Ryan Kent, and why his side will be a 'different animal' in next Sunday's Community Shield against Manchester City. On this showing, they'll need to be. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eight weeks on sinceLiverpool made it six in Madrid, we catch up with Jordan Henderson’s former academy coach at Sunderland, Kevin Ball. Ball, who’s worked as a mentor through Henderson’s career, catches up with Blood Red a year on from reflecting on Champions League and World Cup heartbreak for his former protege to explain the characteristics behind the Liverpool captain’s determination to make amends. Through the course of the interview, Ball and host Guy Clarke touch on the makings of Henderson from a youngster on the training pitches at Sunderland to lifting the European Cup in Madrid. They delve into the mental toughness to bounce back from adversity to lead the Reds to number six as well as the humility shown in wanting to share the moment with manager Jurgen Klopp and team-mate James Milner. As well as the mental aspects, there’s a profile of his technical abilities and how that’s put him in a position to be a leader for both club and country. And moving forward, Ball gives an insight into the mindset of the captain as Liverpool look to go one further than last season in the Premier League, ahead of the new season getting underway in just 13 days. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam Carroll is joined by Sean Bradbury, Theo Squires and Caoimhe O’Neill to discuss the latest Liverpool-related issues as the US tour draws to a close. With pre-season coming to an end, the panel discuss the need for Jurgen Klopp to dip into the transfer market with questions posed over the depth in the squad given Nathaniel Clyne’s knee injury. With the new campaign on the horizon they also share their views on the winners in pre-season, most notably Rhian Brewster, while Ryan Kent and Harry Wilson may have missed a chance to lay claim to a position in Klopp’s first team. With the Club World Cup dates confirmed for the middle of December there’s a discussion into the impact it could have on the Reds’ season - and there’s even a footnote on Everton’s designs for their new stadium planned for Bramley-Moore Dock. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the final Blood Red podcast. From America. Whereas last year's tour of the US went swimmingly, 12 months on things did not quite go to plan for Liverpool, if not off the pitch, then certainly on it. Fittingly, then, our final dispatch from Stateside goes a little awry. It starts with Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh looking back on the 2-2 draw with Sporting Lisbon at the Yankee Stadium before the duo are joined halfway through the podcast by Goal's Neil Jones to pick out the Reds' winners and losers from the three matches played in America. But before they can finish that section, the reporters are interrupted by an employee from the hotel they were staying at in New York and have now left. We've kept it in for posterity. And what also made the cut are the concerns the trio have 10 days before the Community Shield with Manchester City and why next week is so important for Jurgen Klopp. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So that's another American tour over. After defeats to Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla, Liverpool wrapped up their stay in the States with a 2-2 draw at the Yankee Stadium in New York against a Sporting Lisbon side led impressively by their captain Bruno Fernandes. Our Reds reporter Ian Doyle kicks this podcast off by giving his take on the action - we'll be hearing more from him later today in the final Blood Red US Tour Diary - before you can listen to Jurgen Klopp's after-match press conference in full. It's a good one and it includes his thoughts on Fernandes, who could be signing for Manchester United, but as the Liverpool manager makes clear, not their bitter rivals from the other end of the East Lancs. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fancy some pre-match listening before Liverpool’s final friendly of their America tour? Well, you’re in luck as we’ve got a special transatlantic Blood Red podcast for you with Sean Bradbury and Connor Dunn back at the ECHO and Ian Doyle out in America. Ian has not only been busy reporting on the Reds' first two games Stateside, but also bagging himself an exclusive with Jurgen Klopp and conducting very interesting interviews with the captain Jordan Henderson and the man who continues to defy age, James Milner. Klopp’s comments on the transfer window in said exclusive are assessed as is the reason why Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rhian Brewster really do (cliché alert) have to be considered as new signings. The panel reckon Henderson’s revelations about what happened after the Champions League win say a lot about him and a lot about what his team-mates think of him – and they also reckon James Milner and Klopp may have been sending messages to Liverpool’s powers that be. Plus there’s the little matter of previewing the clash with Sporting Lisbon at the Yankee Stadium. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just over two weeks are left in the summer transfer window without the Reds bolstering the first team squad, despite the arrival of 17-year-old Sepp van den Berg. So, as the clock ticks down should Jurgen Klopp be considering moves before the deadline strikes? In the latest offering of Poetry in Motion, led as always by Neil Fitzmaurice, he’s ably assisted in dissecting the latest transfer gossip by Connor Dunn and Caoimhe O’Neill. On the list of subject involved are Nabil Fekir following his move to Real Betis as well as Bayer Leverkusen youngster Kai Haivertz and even a certain Phillipe Coutinho. With Real Madrid doing all they can to offload winger Gareth Bale Fitzy also poses the question whether Liverpool should consider a move for the Welshman with his future clearly looking beyond the Bernabeu. While the transfer window counts down, with it brings nearer the start to the new Premier League season, which leaves the panel to discuss who may be in Jurgen Klopp’s first Premier League team at home to Norwich on Friday 9th August including how youngsters Harry Wilson and Ryan Kent have fared during their pre-season run-outs. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After South Bend and Boston, our reporting team of Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh have headed to New York City where they met up ECHO old boy Neil Jones again to record their latest Tour Diary. Unsurprisingly, the big talking point is the horror tackle on Yasser Larouci in the 2-1 defeat to Sevilla at Fenway Park. Kristian calls it the most ludicrous game he's ever watched and wonders whether history shows that the La Liga outfit were the wisest of pre-season opponents. Talk then turns to the Reds' performance itself which has Neil wondering which attacking players have so taken far taken their chance to shine in the absence of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's displays are also assessed as is the reaction to the Larouci incident that underlined just what team spirit exists in Jurgen Klopp's squad. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool suffered a second straight defeat on their tour of America when they were beaten 2-1 at Fenway Park in Boston, the home of the club's owners. And we can bet FSG, along with Jurgen Klopp, his players, and the Reds fans both in the ground and watching from around the worl would have been furious at the tackle that saw the 18-year-old Yasser Larouci go off on a stretcher and see Joris Gnagnon rightly sent off. But on the hottest day in the city since 1991, the defender was not the only Sevilla player to lose his head, and it is a point that is addressed by our Liverpool FC reporter Ian Doyle when kicking off this Post-Game podcast. It's a podcast that continues with Jurgen Klopp's press conference in full. The Reds boss is asked about Larouci's condition, Gnagnon 'challenge' and his side's performance as well as giving an update on Alisson Becker, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our latest tour diary from America comes direct from our reporting team's hotel - which, given the swelteringly hot temperatures outside, is probably the wisest decision. But is it the wisest decision for Sunday night's clash between Liverpool and Sevilla at Fenway Park to go-ahead? Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh discuss that before turning their attentions to the Reds' owners FSG, for whom the second friendly of the club's stay in the States will be a particularly proud moment given where it is taking place. Fitness updates on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nathaniel Clyne and Bobby Duncan follow before talk turns to the fan event at the House of Blues on Saturday night that underlined why Liverpool is a unique club - and why social media plays a big part in that. And then there is the little matter of the interviews Ian and Kristian have conducted with Reds boss Jurgen Klopp, which will be going live on the Liverpool ECHO and liverpool.com sites in the coming days. But, for now, enjoy this podcast, and then enjoy the game. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liverpool's first of three matches during their stay in the States ended in defeat in the early hours of Saturday morning (UK time) as they lost an exciting contest with Jurgen Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at the Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana. There were positives and negatives, which are discussed in this, the Post-Game podcast, which features the verdict of our Liverpool FC reporter Ian Doyle, and then Reds boss Klopp's full press conference in full, which place after the match. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh have made it to Notre Dame, Indiana for Liverpool’s opening US friendly and, despite a nightmare couple of days, and despite it being 11.42pm at night, they got straight down to business and recorded this, their second tour diary since landing in the States. It’s a belter. With the strains of Si Señor, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Yellow Submarine playing in the background after a fan event, our duo are joined by a familiar voice to our listeners, Neil Jones of Goal, to look back at Jurgen Klopp’s press conference that took place earlier in the day. Klopp was in, great form and our panel assess his comments about Liverpool’s Premier League rivals, James Milner and Sepp van den Berg. Also on the agenda is the growth – literally – of Ki-Jana Hoever and the position Klopp was talking about when he spoke this week of making one more signing. Without giving the game away, it’s not a striker, and while Neil and Kristian wonder whether that’s the right move, they also explain Klopp’s thinking behind it. Next up is how the Reds will line up v Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla this weekend before a must-listen podcast ends with a very interesting debate about modern-day pre-season and why time off could be just what Mohamed Salah needs. And if that’s not enough, Ian also has a go at his colleagues’ height, James Pearce is compared to Mino Raiola, Jonas Lossl’s Everton career is killed off before it’s even started, and a flare goes off midway through recording. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh out in America for Liverpool's US tour, and our reporters back at base ready to work some strange hours indeed, we've got your Friday edition of the Blood Red podcast in the can early. Hosted by Sean Bradbury, and featuring Connor Dunn and Theo Squires, we ask and answer the key questions we believe Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will look to answer in America. We also take listener questions left on our Twitter page and our Blood Red podcast Facebook group page (which you join by clicking HERE). The agenda includes who is the first-choice back-up up front, where Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will play and what the midfield should look like, Joe Gomez or Joel Matip to partner Virgil van Dijk at the back, who could go, and just which position we think Klopp was talking about when he said he needs to fill one more role. Enjoy. And we'll have plenty coverage from the States in the coming days. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So the Reds have touched down Stateside ahead of gearing up for the upcoming title challenge in the Premier League. But away from Jurgen Klopp’s touring party are a few notable absentees - one of those being one of his high-flying wingers, who rather than check back in for pre-season is still focused on landing yet more silverware. Just 20 days after the Reds lifted number six in Madrid, the Africa Cup of Nations began. Hosted in Mo Salah’s homeland, the Egyptian King returned home heading up a trio of Reds to feature in the competition - along with Naby Keita and Sadio Mane. Only one remains standing, as Mane’s Senegal face Algeria in Friday’s showpiece final. In this special offering, here on the Blood Red channel, we be delve into the key talking points of the tournament as new signing Guy Clarke is joined by African football expert Ed Dove to discuss the following: Salah leading the Egypt charge, only to suffer a shock elimination in the round of 16; just how Sadio Mane has taken Senegal to their maiden AFCON final, and how even in Africa the final two pits Liverpool against Manchester City, plus much more besides. Enjoy! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He may have two La Liga titles, a Copa Del Rey and a Spanish Super Cup to his name, but privately at least, Philippe Coutinho must have regrets at the way his move from Liverpool to Barcelona has worked out. But while the man Reds fans affectionately dubbed the Little Magician has struggled in Catalonia, back on Merseyside his former club have gone from strength to strength, a rapid and significant improvement that culminated in the triumphant Champions League campaign, which of course, included that famous semi-final success over Coutinho’s Barcelona. To all intents and purposes, Liverpool have moved on from the Brazil international, but if the comments made by his agent Kia Joorabchian are anything to go by, Coutinho hasn’t quite moved on from Liverpool. So much so that if the 27-year-old does indeed call time on his 18-month stay with Barcelona this summer, the Reds would be his only destination of choice if he was to return to the Premier League. But do Liverpool need him? Would he be welcomed back? And where would he fit into Jurgen Klopp’s system? A poll on the ECHO website asking readers whether they’d like to see Coutinho back at Anfield has so far attracted more than 50,000 votes. Interestingly, and overwhelmingly, 68% of the people who voted want him back. So with that in mind, we sat down for a very special Blood Red podcast, hosted by Sean Bradbury, and featuring Paul Gorst, Connor Dunn and Dan Kay, to answer those aforementioned questions and more. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This was supposed to be our 'arrival' podcast at Liverpool's South Bend training base in Indiana. But missed and delayed flights mean Ian Doyle and Kristian Walsh, at the time of recording, find themselves hanging around in LaGuardia Airport. But their desperation for a well-deserved pint aside, the pair are in chipper mood as they provide their first tour diary entry from America. On the agenda, apart from the weather, in-flight entertainment, and kicking toddlers (not actually kicking toddlers), is the venue for the Reds' opening friendly, the difference between now and tours past and why no member of Jurgen Klopp's squad is likely to be pulled away from training for a Dunkin' Donuts meet and greet, plus the return of some of the big hitters. However, news broke before this podcast was recorded that Klopp will be without his feared front three for a little while longer yet and that leads to an interesting discussion over Rhian Brewster, Harry Wilson and Ryan Kent. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Counting down the days until the start of the season? Or still revelling in the fact that Liverpool are champions of Europe and what was a glorious weekend of sport? Allez Les Rouges host Peter Hooton and regular guests Ste Monaghan and John Nicolson are in the latter camp and, judging by Jurgen Klopp's demeanour at the start of pre-season, the Liverpool manager is completely relaxed too. And no wonder when he has young talent ready to burst through like Rhian Brewster. Our panel discuss the 19-year-old's flying start to the summer, and how his setback last season could actually be a blessing in disguise, but also why there is a danger of being branded the next 'big thing'. Klopp has also been boosted by the return of senior players to full fitness but Peter, Ste and John argue that does not mean the Reds can afford to be letting players leave. Talk then turns to transfers and reports linking Philippe Coutinho with a move back to Anfield. When Paul Pogba is valued at £150m by Manchester United, how much would Coutinho go for? And, anyway, would he be welcomed back? But for now it is purely speculation and as things stand, it has been a quiet transfer for Liverpool and a lot of their rivals. Unlike in the sports journalist world... Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hopefully you've heard by now, but we're expanding Blood Red, particularly when it comes to video content. And one of the shows we will be shooting in the coming weeks will be called The Agenda, a bite-sized look at the latest Liverpool news and related news before we serve up some of our established productions, like the Blood Red podcast, later in the day. But with the Reds jetting of to States, we thought it'd be good idea to film and record an early edition of The Agenda, featuring Daniel Austin and Joel Rabinowitz of our brand-new website liverpool.com, which is dedicated to the club’s US fanbase. And we liked it so much that we've also decided to stick it on here, as a podcast, too. On the, er, agenda, is Sepp van den Berg, Andy Lonergan and why it's not the first time the Reds have made a surprise move for a goalkeeper, transfers (or the lack of them), Rhian Brewster and, of course, what lies in store in the States. Admittedly, there's no discussion over Philippe Coutinho or the latest comments from his agent. You'll have to wait until tomorrow for that, and a very special Blood Red podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There may have been a Wimbledon classic and a scarcely believable Cricket World Cup final on Sunday but the Blood Red podcast is all about Bradford City 1 Liverpool 3 and the latest talking points from Anfield. In the host seat is Sean Bradbury, and answering the questions are Paul Gorst and Ian Doyle, who kicks things off by assessing the Reds’ pre-season so far. It’s a pre-season that will significantly step up a gear in America, but with trophies on offer so early in the campaign, and the challenge of Manchester City to overcome, is that just what Jurgen Klopp’s side needs? Ryan Kent will certainly be looking to impress in the States but will he be a genuine option for Klopp once the real action gets underway? Ian and Paul discuss that before turning their thoughts to James Milner and what lies in store this season for the evergreen midfielder, ‘proper striker’ Rhian Brewster, and the crossroads Dejan Lovren finds himself at. Also on the agenda is cover at left-back and the goalkeeping issues that have led to the club bringing in a 35-year-old journeyman. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Post-Game podcast to react to Liverpool’s win at Bradford City on Sunday afternoon. The 3-1 victory meant Jurgen Klopp’s side continued their perfect start to pre-season after winning 6-0 at Tranmere Rovers on Thursday night. But more important than the result was the fact that the money raised from the friendly will go to the Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, which was launched by former Liverpool and Bradford defender Stephen Darby after he was diagnosed with MND and his subsequent retirement from football last September. It is a subject touched upon by both our Liverpool FC reporter Ian Doyle and Reds manager Klopp in their post-game verdicts, which make up the podcast. We start with Ian – and then we hear from Jurgen, who also talks cover at left-back, Adam Lallana in a new position, and Simon Mignolet’s future. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Forty days after the Champions League final - Liverpool are back! Back in style, too, as they swept aside Tranmere Rovers in their opening pre-season firnedly on a night that, according to our Blood Red panel, brimmed with possibilities. And what a panel we have, too, as host Sean Bradbury is joined by Caoimhe O'Neill and the returning Kristian Walsh. After reporting on her first Reds match for the ECHO, Caoimhe takes the lead on looking back on a 6-0 success in which a number of youngsters grabbed the opportunity to impress. No more so than Rhian Brewster, whose two goals and all-round performance had Caoimhe and Kristian purring, even if Jurgen Klopp understandably tried to play down the hype. Another teenager, Yasser Larouci, also caught the eye, and Caoimhe reckons, like Brewster, a path to the first team beckons. After a quick chat about the change in Divock Origi, that dovetails nicely into the impending arrival of Harvey Elliott, who watched the game from the stands, and what it says about Liverpool's recruitment strategy. Speaking of which, a section of Klopp's post-match press conference is analysed, which ends with those magic words, Mbappe2020, being uttered. Yeah, we went there. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Close to six weeks since their sixth European Cup success, Liverpool were back in action on Thursday and fittingly they marked their return with a 6-0 victory over neighbours Tranmere Rovers. Ian Doyle and match-reporting debutante Caoimhe O’Neill were at Prenton Park for the ECHO – and their thoughts on what way a very satisfying evening, particularly for the youngest members of Jurgen Klopp's side, gets this podcast under way. We’ll then get the highlights of Klopp’s post-match press conference in which the Reds boss talked the two-goal Rhian Brewster, the business he has done so far this summer and the potential for more signings, and Sepp van den Berg, the club's sole new recruit. Enjoy - and we'll be back on Friday with Blood Red. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you improve a squad that has just won the Champions League and recorded a club-record Premier League points tally? It's a question Jurgen Klopp, Michael Edwards and Liverpool's razor-sharp recruitment team will no doubt have the answer to, but it is also one that forms the basis of our latest View from the Kop fans' podcast, featuring Dan Kay, Paul Philbin, debutant Peter Harris, and hosted by Paul Wheelock. It may not even have been six weeks since Madrid, but one look at social media would suggest that some supporters are concerned that there haven't been any significant additions just yet. Our panel discuss whether those concerns are justified and argue that they while it appears all quiet on the transfer front, important business has been and will continue to be done behind the scenes. And the Reds have proved in recent seasons that when they identify a target, they waste little time in getting their man. But is that task made more difficult this summer? Dan explains why he feels like that could be the case but why any possible recruits should look at the examples of Xherdan Shaqiri and Divock Origi. Speaking of Big Div, we recorded this podcast just before it was announced he had penned a new long-term deal with the club, but rather than editing that section out, we kept it in, mainly for Philbo's description of last season's most unlikely hero. But with Origi sticking around, and with Rhian Brewster ready to step up, Dan asks the question of how many strikers does Klopp need, while Peter talks up the ability of Harry Wilson. There's also time to talk what could be an inter-club battle for the Ballon d'Or plus pre-season memories, including the time Philbo left a friendly after just 22 seconds, battering Barcelona at Wembley, and 95,000 Reds singing You'll Never Walk Alone in Melbourne. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly six weeks since that glorious weekend in Madrid, the best team in Europe are back in action on Thursday night when Liverpool make the short trip to Tranmere Rovers for their first pre-season friendly of the summer. So what should Reds fans heading over to Prenton Park expect? That's the first talking point of another brilliant edition of the Poetry in Motion podcast, hosted as ever by Neil Fitzmaurice and featuring Paul Gorst and Caoimhe O'Neill. There's two highly rated 17-year-old Dutch defenders, there's a Colombian left-back who could be sensing an opportunity now that Alberto Moreno's left, and there is Rhian Brewster, whose role next season comes under big discussion. Fitzy also explains why he's worried about Naby Keita and asks why Liverpool have been linked with big-money moves left, right and centre even though it is becoming clear what the club's transfer policy will be this month and next. Also on the agenda is Jurgen Klopp's faith in Marko Grujic, the importance of Dejan Lovren and Simon Mignolet and whether the duo could and should stay, finding new superlatives for Virgil van Dijk, and how good it would be if the Dutch defender got his hands on the Ballon d'Or. But the talk drifts back to transfers, what the signing of Sepp van den Berg and imminent arrival of Harvey Elliott says, and why it goes to show that Klopp, Michael Edwards and the rest know exactly what they're doing. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the first Behind Enemy Lines podcast of the new season. For new listeners, this is the podcast in which we get the lowdown on Liverpool's next opponents, who just happen to be Tranmere Rovers. The League Two play-off winners will play host as the European champions get their preparations for the 2019-20 campaign under way on Thursday night. Regular host Paul Wheelock is joined in the ECHO studio by our Tranmere Rovers correspondent Tom Cavilla for a chat about the friendly, the Wirral outfit's thrilling rise back up the pyramid, and the Liverpool Champions League winner who has just arrived at Prenton Park. You will then be able to hear Tom's interview with Tranmere chairman Mark Palios, who shares his thoughts on the relationship between the two clubs, the support Liverpool showed when their neighbours slipped into non-league, the common bond between the two teams, and why Prenton Park could become a destination for some of the Reds' top young talent. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's our first Blood Red podcast of the week - and our first since James Pearce upped and left us. Little wonder, then, that Paul Gorst, Caoimhe O'Neill and Sam Carroll are feeling a little sad. That, and hungover, too, after a long and lively leaving do for our former Liverpool FC correspondent. Now James leaving was a shock for us and Reds fans the world over, but his decision would be eclipsed if Jurgen Klopp called it quits. There is no suggestion - or chance, let's face it - of that happening anytime soon and the club is completely relaxed over the fact that he has yet to pen a fresh contract in the aftermath of the Champions League victory. That's no surprise when his current deal does not actually run out until 2022. Koppites would like nothing more than for the German to remain in charge of the Reds for many years after that. So our panel look at how long the 52-year-old's could stay at Anfield or whether history will repeat itself. Also on the agenda is the imminent arrival of 16-year-old Premier League history-maker Harvey Elliott and what his signing - and that of Sepp van den Berg - could actually say about Klopp's future. Divock Origi and Xherdan Shaqiri returned to training on Monday and Caoimhe and Paul look at what lies ahead for two players whose biggest impact last season came off the bench - as well the pre-season opener with Tranmere Rovers and what kind of team could line-up at Prenton Park. And there's also time to talk the miraculous James Milner, goalkeeper issues, Harry Wilson and Ryan Kent, and the returning favourite who could be the biggest star of the summer. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Hooton is back with his brilliant Allez Les Rouges podcast and for this latest episode he is joined by journalist and author Brian Reade, George Sephton, who has been the stadium announcer and matchday DJ at Anfield since 1971, show debutant Peter Harris, who is the Live Content Editor at the ECHO, and for a little while at least, a certain James Pearce. The podcast was recorded immediately after our now-departed Liverpool FC correspondent delivered a magnificent leaving speech and before he went out and got very, very drunk indeed. But he still found time to pop into the studio to have a quick word with Peter and Co before the show got on the road. James has been covering the Reds for eight-and-a-half years, but for George, his association with the club goes back much longer. It is welcoming, then, to hear what he says about the current crop compared to the great Liverpool teams of the 80s. George then takes us back to that famous win over Barcelona before the panel discuss Pep Guardiola's comments about the ground and the role of Jurgen Klopp in it all. George also recalls some brilliant stories from his many years as the 'Voice of Anfield', including the time he enraged half of Rome, while naturally, there is transfer talk, including a Barcelona player Brian believes the Reds could target, and why pre-season is the perfect opportunity to give the likes of Harry Wilson a chance to show whether he is good enough to play regularly for the European champions. Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices