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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

The Agenda: Liverpool’s transfer strategy discussed | Ben White agent talk, Gini Wijnaldum contract, Thiago latest

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Matt Addison is joined by the Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent Paul Gorst to get the latest information on how the Reds' summer transfer plans are coming together. Kostas Tsimikas became the club's first signing as Premier League champions a couple of weeks ago, but what - if anything - might come next? Matt and Paul talk through central defensive options including Brighton's Ben White, plus the performances of young starlets like Billy Koumetio and Sepp van den Berg who are aiming to establish themselves at senior level. Talk then turns to Thiago Alcantara and Gini Wijnaldum as Paul delivers the latest update on the contract situations of the pair. And finally: a look at the rest of the top Premier League clubs. Should Liverpool be worried about Chelsea's lavish spending? And what if Man City sign Lionel Messi? In short: Liverpool's transfer strategy is clear, as Matt and Paul dissect throughout the show. Enjoy.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtw?view_as=subscriberVisit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Agenda Podcast on the Blood Red Channel, taking a bite-size look at some of the big

0:08.3

Liverpool FC talking points.

0:10.5

Hello and welcome to the latest Agenda show from the Blood Red channel with myself

0:15.6

Matt Addison alongside our Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gost.

0:20.4

Liverpool have already signed Kostas Shimikas over this summer. The speculation continues over who, if anyone, might be next through the door.

0:28.0

Over the course of the next few minutes, we're going to dive into Liverpool's transfer strategy, taking a look at what

0:33.6

Liverpool do, why they do it, and what might be coming next. Plenty of familiar

0:38.6

names to come, Tiago Al-Kantara, Jeannie one-aldumam and maybe even Leonel-Messie.

0:43.7

But Paul, will begin with a name who many might not have heard of just a couple of weeks ago,

0:48.3

and that is Binnie Kometio.

0:50.0

A centre-back, of course, I know you've been writing about him today.

0:53.7

I mean, first of all, how impressed have you been with, well, is, albeit a very small sample

0:58.8

size in pre-season?

1:00.0

Yeah, I mean, it's difficult to judge too much, isn't it?

1:03.6

He's had 22 minutes in one game and 27 in another.

1:07.3

And he's someone who doesn't look 17, does he?

1:11.4

He's a big strong lad, he powerful and he seems very composed on the

1:15.5

ball for someone who's so young seen him in a couple of youth games a couple of

1:20.5

18 games and he does look an imposing figure and he's got plenty of years left to grow and kind of develop physically and on the ball as you say he looks quite cool and composed. I'm speaking to someone who was with the club at the Austria

1:36.0

training camp only yesterday and they weren't exactly raving about the committee over there there was almost a measured kind of understated message that this lad is going to be good.

1:48.0

The club are wary of putting too much pressure on them at this stage, which is understandable, the age of 17.

1:55.0

They were doing double sessions for most of that week in Austria, but Gometio wasn't because they're obviously

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