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Chapter 1: What recruitment strategies are being discussed for Liverpool this summer?
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It is the Anfield wrap. First things first. No Neil Atkinson. No studio either. Tor Towers is having some work done. So we're at Matau today for this one. Very kind of them to host us. You have got Ian Rhino. You have got Jay McKenna. Kurt among you as well. We're going to have a big chat about the Reds, even though there's no club football going on. There's still plenty to get stuck into.
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their payback guarantee as well if you're not enjoying the service so loads to consider there but yeah we will get stuck into the reds as i said before no club football but i think in terms of what i wanted to do for the start of this show is maybe just talk a little bit about the manager what's on his to-do list what are we thinking about to ensure a fairly smooth and successful campaign for liverpool football club i think first and foremost you've got to be thinking about recruitment and i was really pleased to see they got over the line towards the back end of last week no fuss at all bang it was all done
And it felt to me like a sign in that was not only creative, but smart and equal measured as well.
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Chapter 2: How does the signing of Diomande reflect Liverpool's recruitment approach?
you know, who are we going for? Because I think, you know, with the talk still of Diamande, the talk of, you know, do we need a centre-half or a defender? People have been set in midfield, there's no doubt. Depending on what Liverpool do with Curtis Jones and the like, I don't know, we'll talk about that. But,
I think he's probably thinking, or I'd like to hope he's thinking, right, this is the way I want to play. Because I think that was our big problem last year. We looked a bit confused as to how we wanted to play. We started the first five games very differently than how we played the year before and how we played even for the rest of the season. He tries to tweak it to change something.
So, you know, watch his identity with the players he's got. And then what gaps does he need to fill in if he wants them to play a particular way? So I could imagine we still, you know, when O'Neill's been bigging up the idea, you could probably go for three forwards. I don't think we're doing that many. I just think that's a lot of players to do.
It's a lot of money to lay out, particularly if you do do a Diamante for loads of money. I'd like to think there's another defender in there, maybe someone who might play a bit of right back.
a bit of centre-half kind of thing, or maybe you might go for another left-sided one, but someone that gives you a bit of flexibility to play one of them centre-halves, centre-halves, left-back kind of thing if you need to, or one right-back, I know we've got Gomez for that, but one other maybe to bed them in.
I can see, and I think the big challenge for them might be not what we recruit, but what other players want to do. Curtis Jones clearly wants to play if the manager does or doesn't fancy him, or Liverpool think it's time to do a deal on him. I think we might get back to that where we start dealing earlier players and we don't let them run the contacts down, so...
You know, what does McAllister do? What do people think about that? You know, Toby Chapo's having a really good World Cup. I know loads of our fans would probably sell him on the back of that. But I don't think Liverpool will want him. But some players might decide it's Cassandra Gough. They might decide they've had a good World Cup.
It's time for a fresh, you know, something different they want in their career. So the recruitment, I think, might as easily be in for us. Not by you. We think we need to decide to be better from last season. But a couple of players thinking, is their Liverpool time done? Do they want a fresh challenge? Do they need a fresh challenge?
Do they fancy, you know, if you're Gakpo, he might think to himself, well, I'm going to have a decent World Cup. I'm going to be behind the Pechenegs every time they go and come out and do something else. Time to go and do something else. He might fancy a change and that might force Liverpool down a little bit as well.
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Chapter 3: What does Curtis Jones' future look like at Liverpool?
But one of the other things I was... kind of thinking about now listen john's gone and spoke to lots of people about victor munoz like half of spain it seems you know what i mean he spoke to loads and loads of people so please do check that out on the amp your app uh towards subscription service because there's loads on there but i think
What occurred to me when people were talking about him was just not only the football ability. That was almost secondary, to be honest. It was more about what he's like as a character and a personality. And all the things that people were saying were striking a chord with me. It was resonating. It was things like, he's hardworking, he grafts, he's humble, he gets stuck in.
He's not really across social media. That's not really important to him. Which is rare for a young guy. It is, but I think it's things that strike a bit of a chord, given what we've seen last season.
There was also something about, you know, this World Cup place could have been in jeopardy, but he was willing to kind of almost put that on the line for the cause of Osasuna and making sure they stayed up. So it was things like that that were making me think, fucking hell, I'll have a bit of that.
So do you think there's almost maybe a little bit of a switch around, not just looking at what they are like on a football pitch, but in terms of characters and personalities? That feels right at the top of the list as well.
Definitely. And Liverpool recruited like this under Jurgen Klopp at first as well. There was times where Jurgen talked about even if players don't want to play, he's not interested in getting anyone's players that want to play for Liverpool. The characters that he brought in, I mean, look at the team that Jurgen built. Nearly every single one of them was a leader in some way.
But it is really interesting to see. I mean, the way Osasuna are speaking about him, either they put a video out, He's one of our own and I thanked him for his time there. He's gone down in their history as a player they all love, which makes me feel confident about how Liverpool fans will take to him. His attributes is everything that we're looking for.
His attitude seems to be what we're looking for because there's been questions around some of the players' characters this season. There's been questions around some of the conduct of some of the players, both on and off the pitch, by the way.
to be targeting players that seem to have decent character is only going to out-Liverpool, but his attributes seem to be exactly what Liverpool are screaming out for. I think I've seen something stats-wise, he's one of the third fastest speed in La Liga. He's competed in the top three or five most dribbles in La Liga. It's what Liverpool are crying out for.
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Chapter 4: How is Liverpool addressing the need for depth in their squad?
He's a guaranteed starter. Whereas Munoz and Ingemoor can fight for that place on the left-hand side. But I do agree that Liverpool are definitely going to need to sign another couple on top of it. But the Diamante one's interesting because I read a really sad player tribute thing that he put there. He lost his sister when she was 15. And if you get a chance to read it, read it.
Because it's all about people being grand and he talks about wanting to do his sister proud and not being interested in money in it and wanting to prove to the world that his sister was right and that, again, the character that Liverpool are identifying here seems to be exactly what we need.
So, hopefully we can get both of them done and then I think it depends on whether Chiesa stays or goals the third one. If Chiesa goes, you're going to have to replace him because of Ekotika.
The D.M. Andy one, yeah, again, it's, you know, it's a lad there who looks like he's got a lot of bottom in terms of personality and character. You know, I've read the same piece, really kind of heartfelt and stuff. But I just want to stay on the theme of kind of the character stuff, the personality thing. You know, last year, they go and do an awful lot of recruitment.
recruitment for big money but it's it's people who unless we don't know these footballers so you're only kind of you know has it in the guests really but people like verts and isaac maybe seem a little bit quiet they don't necessarily come across as his huge personalities i think last season and listen the squad were going through something big at the stars of the campaign we understand that so that may play into some of this but i think as the season wore on
you did have players almost calling the squad out and saying, we're down two holes there, we weren't working hard enough. There was definitely something about Liverpool's squad where I think at times they were hard to love. You were looking at them not really going, I can buy into each and every one of these. There was almost a bit of a struggle from a fan point of view.
Do you think they will have an eye on that and just think they're bringing different types of characters in?
Well, I can feel that if you watched just how Liverpool played and then watched how the fans reacted to that in the ground, let alone the kind of distrust that takes place offline, online or even offline, you know, in the pubs. People want the Liverpool players to get after and look like they're working hard. They want to look like they're putting it all in.
They want to look like they're doing what they can. And I think people could have took last season and a bit more if it felt like there was a plan. If it felt like the players were trying. And I think there was a lot of And it was partly why I wasn't certain what they'd do on the manager, I wasn't even sure whether they necessarily should.
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Chapter 5: What are the character traits Liverpool is looking for in new players?
but you're probably saying to me to be truly world class like that now you've got to do it in the Champions League at the highest level not like you know 8 out of 10 one week but 4 or 5 the week after and I think you know there was something I remember Benitez saying about Liverpool Liverpool were buying players and he was like Yeah, but you want the one who doesn't do it.
Eight and nine out of ten, one week and six the next. You want sevens. You want sevens and eights every week, every week, every week, banging in. And I think that's what Liverpool will be saying to some of these players. Come in and prove it. And I think that's the one thing with Diamante that just gives me a bit of nervousness.
And it's probably in part because of Ayrton Isaac, but also probably in part because it's not what you've always expected from Liverpool. he is young for that amount of money and he's done it at Leipzig but is he you know the stats and the data maybe back it all up but proving that and doing that we can we can't now the one thing I'd say for him is unlike Vert and he's at that level of money
is his direct pace watching him in this world quit doing it and that run on that players will get yeah far in this league and he doesn't look like it's a bit of see say weird it was loads of pace but like kind of put him in front of goal like there's three look grades he's creating chances seeing him play like both flanks in the games you know i can can get a ball in in different ways cut back inside
get a ball across goal, create a chance. So, I think there's something there in him. That's the bit, though, I think if they do him, you're not going to hang him out on the other side and do him. I think Liverpool might think, nah, we'll go with that.
Where's Chiesa sit there for you? Do you think he stays in the squad then?
I think Chiesa goes. I think he fancies playing football. That leaves us really short. I think they might, but I think this depends on the manager. I think there's a little bit of watching Liverpool play at times and this way you might keep a gap, though. Does he fancy a 4-2-3-1? Does he play something that's a bit different? I just...
it's the problem you've got is if you if you do this meeting with dear mandy for that amount of money it's why i wasn't sure we should have gone easy to be fair last year once you've done that amount of money it's like what was the ramunos us or that level of player you know if you do him there if you do dear mandy to change whatever you want to do and go to england
If you want to sign someone else, where are you playing him? Unless he's going to rival D-Mandy, but you're not spending 100 million for D-Mandy and they're not playing him every week. And you're not going to have Isaac for 100 million.
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Chapter 6: How does the leadership dynamic within Liverpool's squad affect performance?
So, I don't think you're going to lose much resale value on a 19-year-old.
And you want players who are a threat straight away because I think this was always one of the things with Salah and Mane. Everyone was like, you know, Salah's this or Mane's that. It's like, yeah, but once Salah had a boss season then everyone had to compensate to him. If you've got Diamante's pace, that will make space for Isaac and Vert.
People were like, you know, you'd have to build a team without Vert. I'm like, no, because They could crowd Verts. People have no threat. Salah's place had gone, whereas if you're worried that if you chase Verts,
he plays a ball through to Diamante and you've overloaded and he's away and he's Zach away and Munoz is away and what I think him out is that puts the defenders less likely to step out so Vert has space this was always the thing with De Bruyne De Bruyne was brilliant but he had space to carry the ball because they were looking at City's forward line going he's going to pop it off to someone here and we're going to be left exposed so we always have to like go one v one for De Bruyne and he could back De Bruyne and get past the one player same with Vert but
It's the amount of money. The question is how much Liverpool have got. And that's where I think then who's available because you sell. Because I think if you sold Jones and it looks like Jones might want to go, the talk is he wants to play. But you're not going to get a lot of money for them, given where his contract's at. But McAllister might be. But then you want to do low.
He spent a lot of money last year. Now, I don't know how much they've got in the bank. I think the last transfer window, maybe this one, is the same to sign. You need to sign and spend the money now so you're not doing it in transfer windows to come. But I don't know. That's where I just can't see them. Because strikers who can do that job...
You know, if Munoz is 35 million, 30, 35 million, whatever it is, see, man, there's a hundred. The one you might want for somewhere in the middle You're looking at a minimum of £40-50 million. He's not playing every game, is he? No, I don't think he is. But I think that's why there's a fancy Gakpo there. But I just don't think they signed another. I just wonder what they signed.
Unless you had a player out of contract. I thought you were going to mention the big man there. The Nunes rumours from last week. But then you look at how he's played for kinds of...
I do think there's something in a loan signing like that, though. I mean, if Liverpool go with the five and want to be Ecoteca and they say, look, Ecoteca might be backing after Christmas, we're not going to go and buy a £40-50 million number nine after Christmas is not going to feature at all. I'd be... tempted to look in the market for something that is a little bit left field.
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Chapter 7: What challenges does Liverpool face in the upcoming season?
It's the fee I think will be the worry they'll have, because I think they'll think we've laid out a lot of money here. Obviously, getting Champions League here, I think we've missed out on Champions League when it's a very different summer. I imagine because the margins are... Well, the previous manager said it will be a difficult season. Yeah. And you've got to take him on his word for that.
But I think Liverpool might have eyes on spending money a bit elsewhere. That's my bit. I wonder if they might feel the need to do something in midfield. Like backs and forwards. I feel the need to do something. That's where I can see a set to half. There's a bit of me thinking... Is there a centre-half?
Because I think if people looked at Raven-Leone, Xhaka, or Xhaka, whatever you say his name is, Van Dijk, Gomez, centre-half, I think people would look at that. I'm just not too sure.
I'm not too sure Liverpool will go into the season with Jeremy Frimpong and be only right back deep gotten.
No, I don't think they will and I think that's where they might think of a centre-half and might play right back. But then that's a couple of quid, innit?
Do you know what I mean? It's not cheap. What are the lessons from last summer, Keogh? Because I think the manager, he'd be able to sit down with Richard Sheesham Shaw and look at what went wrong last year. And what are they looking after? And what are they thinking, actually?
to be better this summer one of the things that stuck in my toes a little bit was just letting one or two go before replacing to come through the door you've got to be mindful of that you know they're going to go then you've got to go and get a replacement so i think they've got to get the balance right between letting lads go out the door notice the curtis jones conversation going on at the minute as we mentioned before before then making sure you've got enough time and the money to go and get in the replacement so
Are there any other kind of key lessons, whether we're thinking, well, we got that massively wrong last summer. This summer, we've got to fucking nail this, this and this.
I think what I learned anyway is there's three parts to it because everyone that came in last summer, I was made up with. I was the one shouting from the rooftop that Liverpool are getting the business done and going and saying the best strike here and going on. There's another part, it's the player out. So there's players in, players out, and then the third one is where you'd end up as a squad.
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Chapter 8: How can Liverpool fans expect the team to perform this season?
No, certainly with the current, because they're set up in the World Cup now, they're not coming home after the due stage, there's a lot of them. But,
I don't want to sit here, because, you know, you're there to watch the menu, so the manager about the way he kind of gets them work, and stuff like that, he's going to want a pre-season with them, but he's going to, you know, it's a change, it's a change, and I don't think, I think people will give the manager time, but people are going to look at this Liverpool team and think, right, I want to kind of see us have an identity fairly quickly, they're going to want to, you know, see Liverpool, I don't know all teams, well, lots of teams are going to be in that predicament, but, I think,
I don't want to, like, go late with an Isaac or something. You know, if it's not getting to the mark, gay stuff and that, you know, go get it soon. Go and get it quick. Get them back as soon as they can be back in a pre-season at Liverpool, meeting the team-mates, playing together, you know, getting used to it kind of thing.
In part, because then if you think how long gone actually we are, you know, not a lot of training. Maybe we are a bit short here still. I mean, we've still got time to get ones on late. So, you know what, a second, you know. Let the manager assess. Yeah, let the manager assess. But he hasn't seen half these lads. And he's not going to see a lot of them for a long time.
You know, the World Cup, what? You know, you imagine some of them players You know, the World Cup finals, the 19th, semi-quarter finals.
You know, they're on tour as well. I think if you go out in the groups, I think they'll join up with the tour. But I think otherwise, you're not going to see them until after the World Cup finals.
Yeah, they're still in America, like eight, nine days after the World Cup final. Yeah. Coach, it's a big turn now since that pre-season.
another thing on his list jay for me that he's going to have to maybe get a grip of early which the previous manager couldn't do but there's reasons because isaac was out a long time but getting the best out of this sense of forward and his number 10 verte if you want to call him a number 10 this and he can play in different positions that for me feels key but when i spent a lot of dough on those two footballers last season
Getting the best out of them, you'd have to say, if they're going to have a good campaign, those two are going to come to the fore. How does he go about that? Because at the minute, or what we've seen so far, and some of it is because of injuries, it hasn't really clicked.
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