Liverpool transfer secrets revealed! Manager fall-outs, missing out on Sanchez and signing Salah

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Liverpool transfer secrets revealed - Manager fall-outs, missing out on Sanchez and signing Salah - Exclusive interview with Ian Graham. 'To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to nordvpn.com/bloodred - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! The link is in the podcast episode description box' Get Exclusive NordVPN deal at: nordvpn.com/bloodred - Try it risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Ian Graham worked as Liverpool FC's Director of Research between 2012 and 2023. Under first Brendan Rodgers and then Jurgen Klopp, his role included helping the Reds identify possible transfer targets as they embraced a data-led strategy. His tenure coincided with the club’s greatest period of success since the 1980s, including winning both the Champions League and Premier League in 2020. And his newly-released book, ‘How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution’, he reveals all about Liverpool’s transformation. To mark his book’s release, Graham sat down with the Liverpool ECHO’s Theo Squires and lifts the lid on the Reds’ transfer strategy over the past decade in a fascinating exclusive interview. Ian Graham's 'How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution' in on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/292p5jkz He opens up on regularly locking horns with Rodgers during the years of the infamous transfer committee, sharing his frustration at missing out on a number of targets - including Diego Costa and Alexis Sanchez - while fighting against the arrival of Christian Benteke. Everything changed at Anfield following Klopp’s arrival in October 2015, and Graham lifts the lid on some of Liverpool’s most successful transfers under the German’s watch - including Mohamed Salah - sharing fascinating behind-the-scenes insight on the Reds’ transformation. Graham also has his say on Salah’s current contract situation, with Liverpool facing something of a dilemma ahead of the 32-year-old’s deal expiring next summer. Meanwhile, a boyhood Reds supporter, he also explains why he decided to leave the club in 2023, and reveals all on Michael Edwards’ return to FSG - having previously set up his own consultancy firm with the former Liverpool sporting director. Ian Graham's 'How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution, published by Century, Penguin Random House, is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/292p5jkz. #LFC #LiverpoolFC #LiverpoolFootballClub Get exclusive Liverpool FC podcasts and video content everyday right here. Subscribe to the Blood Red Liverpool FC YouTube Channel and watch daily live shows HERE: https://bit.ly/3OkL9iT Listen and subscribe to the Blood Red Podcast for all your latest Liverpool FC content via Apple and Spotify: APPLE: https://bit.ly/3HfBvKq SPOTIFY: https://bit.ly/3SdsjeH Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivEchoLFC Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolEchoLFC Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodred_lfc Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloodred_lfc Subscribe to us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bloodredliverpoolfc Download our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	from a data point of view to have the manager suggesting these names.
0:04.8	I was delighted because, you know, in the past it was just always a clash between
0:13.6	yeah the players Brennan thought would improve the team were just not the same as the players we thought would improve the team.
0:20.3	This is the Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield
0:29.0	Hello everybody and welcome to a special edition of the Blood Red Podcast brought to you by the
0:33.0	Lith Blacko and association with our sponsors Nord VPN. I'm your host
0:36.9	Theo Squires and joining me today we have a very special guest. In 2012 he joined
0:41.4	Liverpool as their director of research and spent 11 years at the club helping lead the Reds data
0:46.4	Revolution as they won every major honor in their path.
0:49.9	It's Dr Ian Graham.
0:50.9	So good morning Ian, how are you today?
0:53.0	Oh, very well thanks, uh, Theo. Nice to talk to.
0:57.0	Thanks for joining us. Would you prefer Dr. Ian, Dr. Graham?
1:00.0	Or is it? Just call calling Ian. No worries. So part of the reason for today's episode is that
1:08.1	Ian has a book coming out on August 15th, marvellously titled How to win the Premier League, The Inside Story of Football's
1:15.9	Data Revolution. It's available to pre-order now. The information will be in our episode description,
1:21.4	or if you're listening to this after August 15th it's on
1:24.7	sale now so what you went in for going to get a copy it'll be a fascinating read
1:29.4	offering a real insight into how data is shaped modern football and helps shape so many
1:34.1	those important decisions for Liverpool over the past decade on the way to win in the
1:38.2	Premier League, the Champions League and everything you can pretty much imagine.
1:41.3	But I'm not the best person to tell you about the book. We've got the author's right here. So Ian, give us the big sell. What's the book about for you? No spoilers but sum it up.
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