Fans' Footballer Of The Year, FSG Open To Partial Rather Than Full Sale & Q&A | Blood Red Podcast

Hello and welcome to the Liverpool Echo's Bloodbread

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. I'm pure rimmer, your host today, and I'm joined by two of the best, firstly our

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-time Liverpool reporter, both home and away, albeit right now, as the World Cup gets underway. practically at home all the time, right Paul Ghost? It's until next week, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I'm sorry, go on, obviously, yeah, you've been very much at home right now, um, you'll be, uh, you'll be gone next week. Aren't you doing it after Dubai on Friday morning for a couple of friendlies and it will probably be quite a big training session?

Train them well a couple of weeks of training for them before the return of the main program. Yes, it should be good. I think we will live before there is a

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complement of players there, which will make the friendly seem a little more important, let's say, but maybe a little more intense than we would normally have after playing in Thailand, with most On the 18th and 23rd, what is the tournament card they played on? Could you buy the Super Cup? I bought the Super Cup, yes, it would be nice, it would be nice to add that to the Anfield trophy cabinet, wouldn't it?

Yes, together with Bueno, Thailand won the Thai Super Cup in the summer. Well, Singapore, what was it? They lifted the trophy in the summer. They beat them in the match of the century in Bangkok, oh yeah, yeah, but then they beat Crystal Palace. in the Battle for Eternity uh in Singapore, well, as everyone can see, he also works full time, sometimes he works full time, other times, um, he works a little bit part time, he's our chief reporter from Liverpool and also a masked profile. Like the big man, come on, there's nothing important about me, go on, uh, how are you Dolly?

You are fine enjoying this world cup. I'm enjoying it. I'll enjoy it even more after today because I'll be away for a while. Yes, yes, you can, you can enjoy it properly while the ghostly Earth goes to Dubai, but the most dramatic day was probably the World Cup yesterday with Japan, the Japan game, what are we both thinking? Go see what you think in the world. drink at this moment, have you enjoyed it? what have you thought about football? um, it's been hard to get up, hasn't it? And the best I can say is that the times of the games and the group stages were 10 o'clock in the morning and then a lot of four and then and then seven.

I love that seven o'clock start time, all your finished matches are understood before nine o'clock and then you can move on to the white loafers or whatever. Are you watching right now? So I'll tell you that I quite enjoyed coming into the office and just gaming at 10 o'clock and I don't want to find myself with two monitors dominating at 40. while on the other monitor it's been difficult to tackle, isn't that the case with these with so many problems? ? Honestly, there are obviously serious problems around you, you know, it's just Qatar's stance on same-sex relationships and all the migrant workers killing you.

I know how to put stadiums together, um, so it's been difficult for Parker, for me I would get involved in it and I really think about how old this is. It's so welcome, so I haven't enjoyed it too much, even to be honest, but um. I think last night was definitely a little more enjoyable. I found that many of the matches have been a bit fruitless. This is not always the case, although in the World Cup, especially in the group stage, it is. There's always going to be pretty barren games, right? I mean, and then you'll have the occasional drama like last night, yeah, but yeah, but yesterday was good for drama, you really know at one point it was Costa Rica and Japan. we were passing and Spain Germany we are going to leave and everyone is turned and Germany you have left I had Germany in the plane draw they are nicer there I will put my uh the Japanese guys are flying the brand for me so at least I still have a little bit of interest in her, yeah, and you mentioned the white one, those are there, I'm not going to hijack this

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and talk all about it, but I really could, did you enjoy the?

The Germans came out last night, eh no, why would anyone be happy about Germany being knocked out of any major competition, especially someone from England? It's terrible to say, Joseph, we're supposed to bring division, you're united, it's what we voted for. It was not so? Oh yeah, anyway, a little politics in this podcast. I think a lot of games have been really boring for me and the reason they've been boring is because a lot of teams are just on the defensive, like Japan has been. some good stories Japan beat Saudi Arabia beating Argentina and even England winning against Iran 16, you know, they're good stories, but a lot of the teams just look at Japan, I think if they had the lowest percentage of any team in history. "Since they start counting to win a match in the World Cup and they are the two lowest, that of Germany and that of Spain, I mean, obviously, covering Liverpool, we see that the teams come to our game a little less ".

Seasonal teams come to Anfield and just put everyone behind the ball and then hope for the best and as teams haven't had any preparation time it's very easy to just put players behind the ball harder defensively to achieve the correct attack patterns. I think possibly a little bit later in the competition some of the better teams will start to perform a little bit more, but a lot of the games have been a little boring and that hasn't helped, but a lot of players have been playing for too long. You know the Belgium team was terrible, they shouldn't have disbanded, but certainly some of them should have kept playing.

Spam Belgium was a country, it was even Croatia. You know that Modric is past his prime. You could argue that Messi is definitely Ronaldo Suarez, although we. We're recording this, he'll probably score five goals against Ghana before saving two penalties, something he's not supposed to do and of course there are so many good attackers out there. I think I noticed that the violating forwards came out of the Champions League final defeating Real Madrid in May and six of them weren't picked, didn't qualify or were injured, so I think that's something that Maybe it counts against it, but you know, I know we don't agree on this, but I keep thinking.

It's better than the Premier League, which I think is desperately boring. I always think we look favorably at World Cups because you think about the dramatic knockout moments, but I just think back and this is a random example that comes to mind. and I'm sure you can counter with other arguments, but you know, I look back at 2002 in Japan, in Korea, and I quite enjoyed that tournament. I don't really know why, I think they were strange starting times, but the group that organized them. I played it, wasn't it zero, zero against Nigeria, 1-1 against Sweden and then the one they will win against Argentina?

And that's how I always see the group stage of the World Cup as kind of a really sterile exercise where usually the best teams almost make it through, there's the odd surprise, but generally the lower ranked teams pile up. and then you get the one team that makes it through like South Korea did that

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and they kind of become the narrative of the knockout stages until the best team wins it and I don't know, I just don't start the World Cup International in general, it's so exciting until you get to those bigger games and yeah, you know, when Brazil plays France. or whoever you know, it's generally okay, but I know what you mean, but Belgium and Belgium have never been great to watch in recent

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s and you know, I think it's fair to say and Argentina isn't exactly the most exciting, so yes, anyway, but no.

You want to sit here and talk about the World Cup for so long, so we're going to go ahead and talk about football

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of the year because, for the third year in a row, you manage your own funds. the award of the Year, there are two awards at the national level, which Mohamed Salah is almost certain to win. He's won the last two and I think he'll probably be ahead in the voting for this one, but there's also a local one. one, so we'll talk a bit more about that and Liverpool's contenders for that award, so Dory, I'll stick with you because we're going to give out our own contenders early next week and spoilers for the written part of Things I Know What are you going to do for Alison, right?

So you know I totally agree, but just give us the reasons why you think Alison has been Liverpool's MVP in 2022. Never say MVP again, thank you very much. I think the reason I chose Allison is because when they asked us the question I was the first to answer. I think all the rest of us can't choose the same person. Sorry, girl, but Alice would be fine on her own in this season if she wasn't like that. For Liverpool, while they had struggled a bit this season, it wasn't for them to be in a worse situation, certainly in the Premier League, I know we don't really like to talk too much about statistics. expected goals and things like that are certainly taken out of context, but there is a certain value when you put it in context and in terms of the shots he has faced, I think Allison has made more saves, more expected goals than any other goalkeeper in the Premiership.

League, but by far, about five goals or certainly double, almost double, of the next person in line, that I think she could be chosen for the no-count program. I think it might be fake, but that's kind of a wonderland it's been like, I mean, but you don't need the stats to see what he's done now. This is just talk from the last three or four months. You know that at the end of last season he had a claim against Liverpool in the FA Cup final, don't you? Yes, it helped. He won that I didn't play in the League Cup final but he played in the semi-final.

He again was shocked at the count, I think he could have played in the second leg. I think he is doing well explaining what happened in the second leg. obviously, Liverpool overcame that and did it. I think if you make a good save against an older guard or someone like that seems to have done it, that might have been the league game back then too, to be fair, but just his overall performances. I mean, if you look at Brazil, there was a time where possibly Edison was the first goalkeeper picked or the two of them competed, you know, and Edison is a very good goalkeeper, but now Allison is clearly the number one there and he's the goalkeeper. number one. in the Premier League and there is an argument to say that I would say he is the best goalkeeper in the world.

I think Liverpool were unlucky in the Champions League

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when we faced Courtois, who had a very good game. He's a good goalkeeper, but we What I saw at the World Cup recently was that being a good goalkeeper doesn't mean you can't make mistakes on the big stage and the problem for Liverpool is that the quartile reached the round of the World Cup, the Champions League fan, but Alison I came back to it throughout the season, you know, the second half of last season, because obviously this is based on the team as a whole, there is no one, no goalkeeper who can actually touch it, although why.

What happened in the Champions League final as they took all the top honors said it was Alison, so if he's the best, it's very rare that Liverpool have had the best player in a particular position in the world, but with Jurgen Klopp have had They had the best defender in Virgil Van Dyke because they had the best attacking right back in Trends. They had the best by a percentage last year, the best player in the world in Salah and now they have the best. goalkeeper, but Alison has probably been the best goalkeeper for three or four years, of course, Alison.

I have a little theory about goalkeepers, that they have careers, especially the good ones, that they follow the same pattern, whoever is the best on the scene, everyone gets very excited about them or they go to a club and everyone gets very excited about them and then we take them for granted for a long time until towards the end of their careers, when they're still 36 37 years old and still doing really good things, then they leave and you gosh, they were really good. Alison has reached that stage in his career where they might not be Liverpool fans, but certainly the wider football world would take him for granted a little bit.

Do you think so? I think it might be a little. um, a little underrated by outside fans who can make Liverpool bubble because you don't see him making too many Wonder saves. um you know, if you put together a highlight reel of Allison's saves, they would all be like smothering her angle one by one and staying big and staying on her feet, it's really not easy to shave from you know, 25 yards and he's got fingertips or something, he tends to do everything to a really high standard. so he doesn't have to know if he's just moving to his left a little bit before another goalie, which makes the shave look a little more comfortable and I think he might even be a little underrated from the outside.

You know, people from Liverpool who watch Liverpool every week. I mean, if he's been excellent, hasn't it been so difficultsmall period of The results of the last few months are primed for someone to come in and take them to the next level and when you look at it you think that all Liverpool really need is a small significant investment at certain times. As the summer has just passed, then it paints a picture of a balloon ready to be, you know, ready to take on everything, they are not a club that is going to need hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds of investment just to get it done. a little bit higher up the table, just so you know, maybe I'm looking at it with me, red since you have your glasses on or whatever, but I think there are so many things going in Liverpool's favor that they are ready to solve.

We could do it again if the Jews get that little investment on the pitch, because we know from the recruitment proposed in recent years that when they spend a lot they do it well and they have the people working within the structure to do it well, so if they have that working for them and, you know, a major war chest for lack of a better phrase, then I think everything will fall into place for them to really challenge again, I just played Devil's Advocate for a minute. this is not if they get an investment now and sell the club for ?

They want to sell or are thinking about selling because they already know the likes of Newcastle and Man City and the purchasing power they have that they can't compete with, isn't it just moving the camera forward a little further? you know, in terms of they get minimal investment but they would still be bigger, the same ownership group with the same philosophies that have gotten to where they are the council status, will City and Newcastle be able to spend it? The way we are, I mean, I used to say that there's not some kind of rule change or something happening so things have to move forward.

Do you really think I'm sorry? Do you really think there will be any? I mean, financial fair play came and went well. This way, they won't own them forever. Oh City, City and Newcastle, they won't

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them up forever, maybe they won't take them over, but if you look at City and think about it, what's the end? game here, what is going to happen if they are just promoting? Do you know how to use it as a tool for what the word legitimize was? That's the word I was looking for um and you know promote whatever it's called, it's that they, if that ever stops or just get bored because that might happen, you know, people things might not go on forever, they will just be fine, we can't see a change now, the problem you have with FSG is whether or not they feel like they want to hang up. but if that ever happened and the fact that it was a couple of weeks ago, wasn't it coming out for the first time in Boston that the Boston Globe, a newspaper owned by John Henry, would like to think you know what? they're talking about um, they said they were

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site or someone you know buying a part of Clover's stake in the club, not necessarily a full

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I think FSG would want that because then they get investments. from someone who probably found out that someone was going to be a silent partner doesn't want to have much to say because if someone has more than hundreds of millions of pounds they will have a say in the club and you know it seems unrealistic to suggest that FSG would still be in the way he would be, so there will be a change regardless of whether it's the way they own everything period, so yeah, I think so, I don't think FSG want to let Liverpool go because he's a very valuable asset for them. and it might become even more valuable now that you know that, of course, you've sat on your path and you'll be done next season, yeah, sorry, next summer and ready for next season. and they could be making more money and who's to say Liverpool don't win a few more trophies and their brand becomes even more commercially viable so they can make more money from it at the club as an even bigger company. appreciate that in three or four years they can sell it for even more, you know, that's the help, well, these are business people, that's the decision they make, maybe they've thought about it, now is a good time not to sell it, but explore and see how much.

The club is really worth what I think is what they are doing at the moment

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than just actively looking to sell it, but I think they will be very reluctant to hand over the club in its entirety, which is why I think they would probably prefer to have it. You know, an outside investment comes in and helps them, but we've seen that that can cause problems. Ultimately, that's what happened to Sir George Gillette. I'm not saying this is going to happen now, but George Gillette wants old Liverpool to be able to. "We didn't get enough money, we have comics involved and we also know what happened then, of course, if you think that maybe in the last few weeks since the news broke, they were considering investing in the club as well, maybe they have." .

I have taken a look at the type of people who have come to the table and decided that there is no one good enough to own Liverpool to make that purchase yes, quite possibly we know that Mike Gardens Has not taken a step back nor even since the end of the everyday world of Liverpool to essentially oversee what's on the table and Golden Saxon and Morgan Stanley had been built to work overtime to assess the layer of the earth um and maybe it's that I thought no, that the FSG would put a lot of thought into any kind of serious proposal and I think there would be a number of pretty significant checkpoints that would have to go through before thinking that these are the custodians who are going to, you know, keep Liverpool well managed and in the game. top of the game, I don't think I mean they're obviously not tough American businessmen and I don't believe for a second that they ever became one.

The Liverpool owners just look longingly at the policeman's photos on YouTube or whatever. I think it was a serious business but I don't think they were willing to just hand over the key to anyone, I think they will have a certain level of wanting to see Liverpool continue to prosper, you know, even when they're not owners they've probably become fans as a result of their ownership, it would be strange. to think that they haven't, they would have to be very insensitive for them to continue to think of it as an already exhausted business, um and maybe that kind of um, you know, Mark, that they have put has not been achieved by anyone who is has presented, then, because, yes, there are some, there are some elements to play, we know that they are looking at four billion if there is going to be a total change of hands, now you wonder who has that amount of money that is going to come in and approve all kinds of model dilemmas that could arise as a result um and I also have these kind of similar philosophies um but that's what I think again I might know it's a good idea to just bring another type of red bed on board, maybe not beech red bed, you bought it directly from FS, you didn't need it, but it was another kind of American, you know, a hedge fund or whatever, and they promised it. putting in whether it's. the beginning of the end of their overall ownership, but maybe they just haven't found anyone at the moment to take all the boxes, yeah, well, it's certainly very interesting, we'll see how it plays out in the coming weeks and months, but before To end this podcast, we have some user questions, user questions, viewer questions, listener questions, user questions, most of them come in their course and most of them come in the form of statements, which is always fun, but I'll turn them into questions, so I'll do the hard work for them so you know what, you know, what we just discussed, but we'll quickly go over it again and we have a question for us.

Mass a YouTube channel um I hope I'm pronouncing it right, it's just saying what

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than selling all your shares later faster than that's faster than our entire right side of the club um so I guess that makes sense. Isn't it in terms of they want to um maybe test the wall to see what new partners they like? Ghostly, right? Yeah, I wouldn't know anything about that. I mean, I thought it would be one more a day. I guess she is our football writer, yes, the only thing we would have to go on is to look at other clubs who have had similar problems with other conversations about successful sales or partial investments coming in, I mean. look at Mike Ashley, he was looking to sell Newcastle for years and years or something you know, Bill Bill can write he was looking for an event and an investor for years, right?

And before the machete showed up, um, so I don't know in all honesty, I imagine it would be quicker to sell some of the shares than an outright sale, but I wouldn't necessarily profess to be an expert in that aspect of football. I guess it's like How long is a piece of rope, this sort of thing depends on the people involved, the number of shares and many of the many other factors, but it will certainly be interesting, mat, Harrod's key, says Frankie's perfect sign de Jong from Liverpool, they should feel free to sign comments, that's a statement, that's a statement, but I mean, I've kind of had a question: is he the kind of midfield profile they need?

I mean, we know they need midfield recruits and we'll move on. to another certain name in a minute which we have some questions about, but Frankie de Jong was obviously, you know, a very in-demand man in the summer, the Liverpool name never came up, I really felt strongly about it, but there is a profile of exchange. you think we'll work on that midfield, I don't really know enough about it, to be honest I haven't seen him play enough in terms of his profile, his age and the teams he plays for in his position, so yeah, but you know which is a little bit more than that, so I mean, but Liverpool have shown in the past that when they decide on a player, the type of player, they tend to go after it and don't deviate too much from that and uh, if it's someone who fits the profile they are looking for, so yes, it will be an option because they are going to look at all the options because they will consider one, possibly two midfielders. in the next one or two transfer windows just to give me two cents for that, I think he would be ideal for Liverpool, to be honest he's only 25, the only problem is he doesn't seem particularly interested in leaving Barcelona. even though he decided to move there to get rid of them to Manchester United in the summer and that was something that really went on every day, didn't it?

But maybe, maybe we just didn't feel like going to United in At that time, you know, they were a bit in the Dolphins with so much sincerity about the managerial issue and whatever else, Liverpool, much more stable, fun, in general, but You know, given the quality of his age, I think he would be ideal. suitable for Liverpool's midfield, someone who can carry the ball long distances, 20 to 30 yards, also has a great eye for a pass, given how Liverpool need a little more dynamism in midfield, I think it would be him. He would be great for them, the only problem is whether he is going to cost 18 19 million euros or pounds.

He could be wrong 157 games for Barcelona. I was just looking, yes, it shows that we, the league is no longer a scam, that's one. That's why I say play and then Barcelona can be particularly good in the Champions League, so there you have it, don't think about it and this is for any of you, the way Liverpool operate and the fact that they would have liked to sign. a shamani a shamani uh in the summer um god, say again no, no, I don't think I'll ever get that name right, but yeah, I don't think so, given the fact that Liverpool were willing to spend the money on another player if he had done it.

He wanted Frankie DeYoung in the same way as Barcelona and I know he was trying hard for that, I think unpaid wages that sort of thing, but the fact that Barcelona were open to selling meant Liverpool wouldn't have come in already on the Race forum if they had wanted to buy it. If you don't think it's possible, yes, but I don't know to what extent the whole contract thing was a problem, just noise wasn't a tool, we didn't really cover it in great detail and it's obviously not. Liverpool reported that at the time it sounded like Barcelona were trying to kick him out the back door and he stuck it out because they hadn't paid him extra amounts of money in wages and there seemed to be a lot of problems there. that Liverpool probably aren't too interested in getting involved and perhaps that was one of the points of the tag.

I think quality-wise, like I say, I think it would be ideal for them, but again, it's very uninhabitable, so wouldn't you just go and take it? a Barcelona player, you know, I think we'll declare that interest in a Barcelona player and bring him a high-profile plan, that's not how they work, okay? Stay with you ghostly, obviously we have several questionsabout a player who does fit. The Liverpool bill that is due to Bellingham, we have all had the opportunity to see him more regularly during this world cup and I think it is fair to say that he has not pressed what do you think is the latest on him?

Is this someone who could opt for a January? Is this a compelling investment case? Liverpool's position when it comes to Jude Bellingham at the moment, yes, and I can't guarantee anything will happen in January, if we're honest, I think Portland are very interested in keeping him for as long as possible and, um, I would absolutely be amazed if we could do anything. Is there any chance we'll get a little angry because advance agreements are a type of agreement? I mean, that's partly a bit of negotiating skill that Liverpool have, but Katie can talk to clubs. Sorry, no, I meant, I meant like they say browser, yeah, yeah, I mean it was an unusual deal, but I've done anything before, since in terms of announcing a player, it took about 10 months before they finally shine, announced it at the August bank holiday and came. in the following summer, in early July, for preseason training.

I've seen some people mention that as a possible example of why they might make a map of Bellingham. I'm not sure, really, we know. that wasn't on the board to keep you awake, I was interested to hear uh, I don't remember the guy's name. I was the CEO of Dortmund, who spoke in Vietnam this week, yes, he basically said: you know, we like Liverpool, we respect them, yes. Again we respond to those of them, but we won't give any gift to Liverpool and it's better not unless, of course, but um yeah. Keen RPM fans, it's interesting to be at the press conference the day before the Southampton game and they won the newspaper interview.

The club will essentially, um, see that the uncertainty around the club means that you'll be able to go for players like Drew Bellingham in the summer and the club didn't even blink, you know, it just answered the question, it wasn't even. Well, why do you ask about him? You know he plays with Dalton and whatever just answered the question, so I think it's an open secret at this point that Liverpool's massive admiralism, um, the problem is the 19-year-old England international, who seems to have it all, they're not going to be the only ones who like it, I'm just wondering if they missed the boat in terms of last summer when so many of the top clubs and central midfielders who weren't necessarily looking for more additions where the battle won't be the case next summer, when you know the window opens.

I have a slight concern regarding the Bellingham tube, honey. I wonder if you'll share it. What if Liverpool eventually get him, there will be a lot of pressure on him due to the preparation for this possible transfer, as the ghosts have just pointed out that he is 19 years old, he is obviously a very, very good player, but you know it is rare that Such a young player can transform a total midfield. Don't you think Liverpool fans might be putting too many expectations on one man's shoulders? Don't worry about that, just worry about signing first, but this is my hypothesis, if they sign up, no, we don't hypothesize about

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red, oh come on Joe, you know it's the World Cup, there's a lot to talk, well, absolutely, we don't have many other things to talk about.

You know, fortunately, we will never write any story about Jude Bellingham, we will not put anything additional. pressure on him if he ever joins a Liverpool well they can't you can't come watch us well there's another man on this podcast. I just heard the same question from you. Ghostly and there you have it, maybe maybe to some extent. You seem to agree with him on the point. I don't remember if he wrote in our or dismissed it or maybe I just fought it, but it seems like it will cover up all evils when he signs it and then he says: a magic wand and I think liberals would feel that the problems are a little deeper than the single player sound and I don't know if it's good.

In fact, I was looking at the options today on the club's official site and that's how it is. At both ends of the spectrum you have Harvey Elliott and car value and at the other end you have Henderson Thiago in general, you know, early to mid 30s. Casey Jones is here that I'm with, and Elliot is the only one who is kind. The one that's at its best right now is Fabinium and I think there might be something that matters for the last form that kind of diminished because you're probably putting too much face on them and Navigators in the last few months of their deal looks like to Chamberlain. there's Mill and then this had the one year extension so the bill is going to take more than one would feel and I think maybe that's why FSU looked at it and thought because we can't afford to know a guy.

The midfield and I will throw between 60 and 100 million, right? Liverpool need two and maybe even three. So what do you think there is this thing I'll do? they'll be fine and they'll be back to what they were six six seven months ago um because of how good he is I think Liverpool will need a couple more in that area next summer well I have two more questions for You two are here before we Before say goodbye, one of them being that there has been a lot of concern about the impact of Ian Graham, whose departure was announced along with Julian Wards last week.

His departure, there are many bodies around, do you think? that are well placed, they will replace them if the Avatar already because, uh, I think Ian Greyman is realizing with him in the summer because again the notice of the year, so he won't worry too much about that note, not Dory. It's not worthy of course, are you absolutely worried? I mean, not many of us know much about um, you know, you won't have the slightest idea what Ian Graham does behind the scenes and I'm just a little bit more informed. because we cover the club day in and day out, I mean, he's the chief investigator and he's always the head of that department, so it's a six-man department, you know, it's in baskets and Stafford's sphere will be Spearman, um, a couple of brands there.

Also, who is sharing names that escape me right now? Maybe it's a case of internal graduation like Liverpool have done, you know, with Julian Ward replacing my cat Michael Edwards, maybe it's a case of Will Spearman, for example, who has always been nice. highly rated in that kind of data sphere, if you like, maybe it's the case that you've been moving up, I don't know, but I can see why there would be some trepidation as to why believe people who, uh , a little more attentive to what he does. I was at the bomb statistics conference when he was invited to speak a little over a year ago and it was fascinating to detail how members were doing it as a sort of hypothetical.

I would be in the scenario for the striker and we only have between 25 and 30 million to play with. This is the list of forwards in all of Europe, but I can't go for them because he is too old. The injury problem will cost you. It probably wasn't good enough and you narrowed it down to two or three options and then it was like this: These are the people that we go to the Scouting Department and recommend and then they're possibly doing a little bit of research a little bit more seeing them live and whatever else. and it was really fascinating the way he detailed it and I know his work is mainly focused on recruitment and he is one of the absolute leaders in his field, but possibly Liverpool will have a contingency plan with you know how to promote from within, I'm not sure that it's just me, kind of a guess, but in terms of you, you know, you know, you're hesitant to use the word normal support, but you're a traditional fan, I guess.

I wouldn't worry too much. I guess my most important data is a great word, by the way, data nowadays is a very good word. What I would say is um, since they're replacing it. I don't think there are any, you know? Anyone who suggests that Liverpool or diction analysis, whether in terms of preparation for games or transfers, is a much broader brand, as they say, and as one of our former colleagues, I would probably call it nonsense, so I think it's fair. say that Liverpool still continue to use analytics like every other major team, so you know a little bit for sure that Liverpool are so well off, so far away on Earth, they would choose to stop using it.

My quick theory on this is that it's not that much. Hypothetical theory or is it really good, it's not, it's not so much the people who leave, no, no, no, I'm not saying they're not very good at the job, I'm sure they are, but I always consider it that way. you know, the assistant manager, they all said leave in 2018, that's when he left and they said he's, you know, he literally was, he, the eyes or the brain. I always get confused, he was the brains, literally. the brain behind Jurgen Klopp was leaving and the Klopp Magic would be gone and lo and behold he was absolutely fine and peplinders is now rated highly if not higher than bouvage ever was and I think people put a lot, put a lot into These people that you don't see working on a daily basis and, as you say, ghostly, there's a team of six people there and Ian Gray, I'm sure he was brilliant like Julian Ward and Michael Ed, but they I'll move on and there will be other people that I They can promote and give them jobs that I'm sure they could do.

He could do a really good job so I think my biggest concern is more than why they're leaving

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than who's leading because for two pretty big names on that team to leave at once, you know it would be interesting to know why I took that decision, especially Julian, after the board of directors, well it will only be one year in a row once he leaves so um yeah, it's interesting and finally one more question um Sven Michelin tat um I think that's how it's pronounced um could be wrong um obviously there is Dortmund with klopp um another another role in The Silence of people like Lewandowski, but bamiyang Hummels gundogan and some of the biggest stars who played for Clapper Dortmund and then it was Arsenal and they didn't do so well has related to paper, but feels very similar to a muslin top binding. himself with Liverpool and not the other way around.

I think that's fair to say, isn't it? Yeah, and then of course the next day it showed up in the reports. Some reports in Germany were linking this, so were they targeting them? Yes, yes Let's face it Julian Ward, it was only confirmed that he would be leaving last week, so we have enough for much, much more of this to come, so I went to Liverpool to announce who he will replace. he if they really decide to replace and bring in a sports director because obviously they are doing a review of how things are going, the entire process of football operations that will include transfers.

I mean, I'd be surprised if I didn't bring one because it's worked really well for them in the past, so you know, it was seven eight years, so with the young Club then they're used to it, so, yeah, wait and see, but yeah , it seems that Mr Sven and his lovely her he uh probably uh Premature link in him in terms of real interest from Liverpool at most sorry of course do you think it would be one where they would go and recruit from outside or you know, because That brings its own change, doesn't it? Presumably a new guy wants to bring in new people or you think he's one they might want to promote from within and unlock to continue the success they've had.

Yes, I'm not very sure. who is there and how to promote if David would take over the loan The Pathways manager did not mean along with the other hand in bringing Lewis Díaz in January he was part of the delegation that flew to Argentina was when when the type of improvising the medical there, um, possibly that's an area that they look at, but I think if you bring in outside recruits, I think it's going to have to be under the guise that you're not going to I would be speaking in the same way that Julian more than Michael Edwards does or doesn't and It has a lot of personality to show the center of attention.

Now, would an outside athletic director have a similar ethos because I know he speaks pretty regularly and you know? continents like Italy or Spain or Germany who are often quite frank and most of the time you've heard of them even though you know you don't follow that club, we all know we could name a few, couldn't it be like a munchie and one or two others which, um, personalities in their own right, I don't think the watch will be very happy about that because you'll actually keep a tab on things around transfers, so we've got, um, we've got the sport. and the director who talks regularly to whoever it is, I think that could cause a bit of a problem in the ship situation and the dollar watch would be too interested in that, so maybe that's one of the aspects they could take into account .

Consideration, but I thought he says: "I don't think they're too close at the moment, or you've got a busy couple of weeks in Dubai and then the return to competitive action will be absolutely chatty." for months, so Julian Ward will continue to navigate a hugely important January as the sporting director cheers on Judds. That's all for now, we'll be back on Monday to talk about England, Senegal,I'm sure and I'm looking forward to that trip to Dubai, so thank you very much for listening and see you later.