Unlike this time last year, when Philippe Coutinho upped sticks to join Barcelona, there was never any danger of Liverpool losing one of their big guns in the current transfer window.But questions remained over when Sadio Mane would join Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in signing a new contract until the Senegalese put pen to paper on a long-term deal at the back end of 2018.Mane has opened up about the subject in a new interview - the details of which kick off the latest Blood Red podcast, hosted by Ian Doyle and featuring James Pearce, Paul Gorst and the ECHO sportsdesk's second January transfer window signing, Caoimhe O'Neill.But while we've been busy, Liverpool have been very quiet in the market, much like a lot of their Premier League rivals, and James is on hand to play down one rumour.Ian asks whether Jurgen Klopp is missing a trick by not adding to his squad this month - especially when it appears the TV schedulers are doing their best to hand Manchester City an advantage in the title race.It now appears a two-horse race, with Tottenham's lack of squad depth coming back to haunt them, and the panel wonder whether Mauricio Pochettino regrets what he said about the Reds.James also talks about his exclusive interview with Simon Mignolet before the focus shifts to Leicester's visit to Anfield on Wednesday, Jamie Vardy's remarkable record against Liverpool, and some interesting team selections. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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