Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Catch the latest Morning Bulletin podcast as we round up the big stories around Liverpool FC and the Premier League. We look into Louis van Gaal's comments about how close he came to managing Liverpool, before then trying to sign both James Milner and Sadio Mane for Manchester United. Is Billy Beane's influence at Liverpool to increase as the inspiration behind the Reds' Moneyball philosophy looks...

As the Champions League curtain comes down with Bayern Munich beating Paris St Germain in the final in Lisbon, transfer speculation intensifies around Thiago Alcantara. Linked into that move could well be Liverpool midfielder Gini Wijnaldum, who is also entering the final 12 months of his deal. With Ronald Koeman taking over at Barcelona, Wijnaldum has been linked with a move to the Nou Camp to jo...

From a 12-year-old at Fulham's academy, to standing on the podium at Anfield as Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy, it's been some rise for Harvey Elliott. Fulham academy coach Jack Johnson speaks exclusively to Kai Delaney, revealing the inside stories from the two seasons he spent coaching Elliott before his move to Liverpool. The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bu...

Liverpool kicked-off their pre-season preparations with a 3-0 victory over Stuttgart in Austria this evening with goals from Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita and Rhian Brewster. And to react to the win, and look at the Reds players who stood out the most, Dan Kay joins Paul Wheelock for the first Post-Game podcast of the 2020-21 season. Enjoy. The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulleti...

Singer-songwriter Jamie Webster joins Paul Philbin and host Paul Wheelock for the View from the Kop Liverpool FC fans' podcast to talk his debut album, 'We Get By'. Just hours before its release, Jamie opens up about how he's feeling, and the process behind the album. One of the songs that features on it, 'This Place', was used by Sky Sports for the memorable montage they televised on the night th...

Barcelona have placed most of their squad up for sale after their Champions League humiliation – including Luis Suarez and possibly another former Liverpool star, Philippe Coutinho, who of course stepped off the bench to score twice in Bayern Munich’s 8-2 drubbing of his parent club. So the latest Blood Red podcast decides to play a bit of fantasy football and ask which Barca player you bring to A...

Kristian Walsh, Joel Rabinowitz and Dan Morgan delve into the big pre-season storylines and discuss which players they’re most excited to see step up in 2020-21, including Xherdan Shaqiri, Takumi Minamino and Rhian Brewster. Also up for debate are recent Champions League results, Bernardo Silva’s social media rant and whether a move for Thiago Alcantara this summer is actually any closer to happen...

Connor Dunn joins Paul Wheelock to react to the release of Liverpool's 2020-21 Premier League fixtures, which will get under way with a visit of newly-promoted Leeds United to Anfield on September 12. Connor gives his verdict on the hand that the defending champions have been dealt and wonders whether Pep Guardiola will be happier after seeing what games Liverpool have got after each of the six Ch...

20 years on from Liverpool's historic Treble cup-winning season of 2000/01 under the guidance of Gerard Houllier, we take a trip down Memory Lane. Join Guy Clarke and Dan Kay as they reminisce on the start of the journey that would see the Reds win the League Cup, UEFA Cup and FA Cup in the space of one season. To kick the series off, which will run from August through to May, they look back on a...

Welcome to the Morning Bulletin, rounding up the big headlines concerning Liverpool FC. On today’s podcast, Sam Carroll joins Paul Wheelock to talk what clubs are interested in taking Rhian Brewster on loan (there's a lot of them); a report from Austria that a member of the Liverpool travelling party has tested positive for coronavirus; a possible friendly for the Reds while they’re over in the co...

Analysing Anfield is one of our most-loved podcasts but the only shame is that it wasn’t going when Liverpool started to put together the squad that has developed into the champions of the Premier League, Europe and the World. That robbed the podcast’s loyal listeners of the chance to hear Josh Williams and David Hughes dig deep into the underlying numbers to explain why Jurgen Klopp, Michael Edwa...

Welcome to the Morning Bulletin, rounding up the big headlines from overnight concerning Liverpool FC. On today’s podcast, Sam Carroll joins Paul Wheelock to talk a new contract for Neco Williams; a fresh social media comment from Bernardo Silva aimed at Liverpool fans; a report stating the Reds won’t pay the asking price Bayern Munich want for Thiago Alcantara; a request from Jurgen Klopp to Fabi...

What did you make of Bernardo Silva’s Liverpool Twitter outburst? And what about the new Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool links? The latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Sean Bradbury, and featuring Joe Rimmer and the Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent Paul Gorst, tries to both those answers. Our writers also address the European exits for Manchester City – which triggered Silva’s social media comment...

Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders and elite development coach Vitor Matos are a crucial part of Jurgen Klopp's backroom team. But little is known about the pair - particularly the latter. So, for this special Blood Red podcast, Matt Addison picks up the phone to Jose Tavares, a coach who has occupied plenty of roles within FC Porto's youth academy over the years, and who worked with both Li...

The latest Liverpool.com podcast is here, with Kristian Walsh, Dan Morgan and Joel Rabinowitz discussing one of the major storylines coming out of this summer: player sales. With the belief selling players could lead to funding the purchase of others, which players would you sell? The team run through the entire squad, ranking and rating the likelihood of their departures from Anfield Some are obv...

New reports from Germany suggest Liverpool FC are in talks with Bayern Munich over the transfer of Thiago Alcantara. But what is the view from Merseyside? That’s the big talking point of the Blood Red podcast, which also discusses another possible transfer target for the Premier League champions, Brighton & Hove Albion defender Ben White, who impressed on loan at Leeds United last season. Guy Clar...

Liverpool and the Red Bull group have a special, unofficial bond that has formed over the last few seasons. On this special edition of the Blood Red podcast, Matt Addison explores just that, with the links going well beyond the transfer of Takumi Minamino and the speculation surrounding Timo Werner, before the German moved to Chelsea. Red Bull Salzburg boss Jesse Marsch begins the conversation, be...

Details for the season's curtain raiser at Wembley have been announced as Liverpool prepare to take on Arsenal behind closed doors in the Community Shield. Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has discussed how a Champions League reformation could look - we get into the impact on Liverpool. Plus there's transfer news with the role Jurgen Klopp played in the deal to sign Kostas Tsimikas coming...

Liverpool may have first made a move for Norwich City’s Jamal Lewis – but Kostas Tsimikas is the ‘perfect candidate’ to provide cover and competition for Andy Robertson. That’s according to Josh Williams and David Hughes, who dig deep into the stats to look at why Norwich’s decision to turn down a big-money bid for Lewis may actually prove to be a blessing in disguise for Liverpool - unless it was...

Welcome to the Morning Bulletin, rounding up the big headlines from overnight concerning Liverpool FC. On today’s podcast, Sean Bradbury joins Paul Wheelock to talk LeBron James’ latest attempts to spread the LFC word far and wide; a record Premier League payout; a report suggesting that Thiago Alcantara wants to make the move to Anfield; possible changes to the Champions League, and what Sadio Ma...

Matt Addison is joined by the Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent Paul Gorst to get the inside story of how the new Premier League champions made Kostas Tsimikas their first signing of the summer, in this special edition of The Agenda. Paul provides fascinating details on the scouting of Tsimikas, explaining why both Burnley and Bayern Munich feature, and outlining the key role played by Michael Ed...

Welcome to the Morning Bulletin, rounding up the big headlines from overnight concerning Liverpool FC. And there’s only place for Matt Addison and Paul Wheelock to start as they discuss the £11.75m signing of Kostas Tsimikas, which Liverpool completed last night. But they also talk further transfers with Brighton centre-back Ben White tipped to make a big impact if he follows Tsimikas to Anfied wh...

Liverpool look to have won the race to sign Olympiakos defender Kostas Tsimikas with the full-back set to undergo a medical. Michael Edwards switched attention to the Greek international after being unable to secure a deal for Norwich City’s Jamal Lewis. Join Guy Clarke, Paul Gorst, Joe Rimmer and Matt Addison as they discuss the latest on the deal and why Jurgen Klopp was so keen to sign Tsimikas...

With Liverpool in advanced negotiations to bring Olympiakos full-back Kostas Tsimikas to Anfield, we get the inside track on the Greek international. Themis Kessaris, managing editor of Sport24, joins Guy Clarke from Athens to give the lowdown on the left-back. From how he will be the perfect deputy to Andy Robertson, how a spell in Holland with Gini Wijnaldum's brother and Pedro Chirivella put hi...

As Liverpool continue to pursuit Norwich City’s Jamal Lewis, we look back on the club's previous deals to bring relegated Premier League stars to Anfield. From Stephane Henchoz to Harvey Elliott, Liverpool have made a habit of signing players who have been relegated with their previous sides. Andy Robertson and Gini Wijnaldum are two prominent examples during Jurgen Klopp’s tenure at Anfield as we...