Ian Ryan

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1,385 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 3 Aug

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The Anfield Wrap · Transfer Ins & Outs Under Iraola | The Gutter · 4 Jun 2026 podcast

Couldn't take Canard out of the team during his era-prone period.

Van Dijk plays every single minute, more minutes than any player in the whole of Europe's top five leagues.

And that stems from that decision to just, you know, save two or three million by waiting until the final day.

It just felt unnecessary.

And...

I think the big spending on the likes of Izak and the likes of Eerts it's an interesting one that I mean Liverpool have sacrificed quite a bit of their quantity in their squad for quality in the form of you know getting rid of like three players and throwing it all at Izak getting rid of three players throwing it all at Eerts

And the thing with that is you're kind of rolling the dice a little bit because for that to work, those two individuals, you know, 200 million on two players, they have to shine.

It gets kind of all or nothing a little bit and if they don't, you're in real trouble and Liverpool have seen that this season.

You know, Bert hasn't really delivered and he's actually been out for the entire season.

So there's...

I think one of the things I've looked back at and thought like all the sales that we agreed to like Kwanzaa and Morton and you know Diaz and all that sort of thing I actually looked back at all the sales and I'm okay with all the sales I think they were all good sales I think the problem has been how they've been replaced and I think in some cases just mixing up the dynamic of the squad so you get with the Diaz who plays on the left

and you sign two nines having never really used nines the last nine that you tried was Nunes didn't really work Liverpool I think always do quite well with like multi-functional forwards who can play who can do bits of everything as opposed to getting in a strict striker who stands in the box and waits for the goal so there's lots of criticism that you can throw at them and

It's interesting with sporting directors because, you know, it's such a medium to long-term perspective that they've got that you don't tend to... You always want to judge them immediately.

You want to constantly judge them, but they kind of have that licence to look so far into the future that sometimes you don't realise the job they've done until they leave.

That was literally what happened with Hughes at Bournemouth.

Hughes doesn't get touted as this major sporting director until he gets off.

Once he leaves, then he all starts shining with, like, Semenyo and Huysen and all this.

And you look back at it and think, Houston did a great job there, didn't he?

So I'm hoping that that's what's going to happen with Liverpool further down the line.

The plan will become clear and you'll look back and think, yeah, that was just a bit of a turbulent period.

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