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Trent to Real Madrid? - Daily Liverpool
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Louie Easton and Conor Norcott react to the news of Trent's talks with Real Madrid escalating.
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Podcast Introduction
00:00:44
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Premier League in English and Daily Liverpool podcasts brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network.
Host Introductions
00:00:52
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My name is Louie Easton and joining me today from Daily Liverpool is Mr. Conor Norcott.
Trent to Real Madrid Rumors
00:00:58
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ah Got a very different episode for you today, however, because um we've been used to so much success as Liverpool fans throughout the season until recently and... You know, these last two weeks have felt like hell for us, but it's just gotten even worse today ah because it seems that Trent Alexander-Arnold is going to Real Madrid. and Conor, is this something you expected? This has obviously been in the works for Real Madrid for a long time.
00:01:30
Connor
Yeah, I feel like it's one of those where... I mean, ah kind of like the Kylian Mbappe thing, it's been the worst kept secret in football. you know
00:01:40
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Yeah.
00:01:40
Connor
When he was about to join Real Madrid, everyone thought, oh, well, it's not really been confirmed yet, but we all kind of knew where he was going.
00:01:47
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Yeah.
00:01:47
Connor
It kind of feels like the Trent thing was just another... it was just season two of that. Maybe season three, if you want to throw Bellingham in there.
00:01:55
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Yeah.
00:01:55
Connor
Real Madrid always... They always get their man. And it just really sucks that he was ours first, you know?
Trent's Legacy and Ambition
00:02:02
Connor
And he is like...
00:02:02
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yeah
00:02:04
Connor
I mean, we've been blessed recently to have some incredible footballers at Liverpool, but... He was one of the ones that I maybe would have said, you know, probably my top top three favorite players at the club currently. I just think the way he plays the game is so good.
00:02:21
Connor
He is kind of one of one. There's nobody like Trent. And I think that's where it's going to be really interesting for Liverpool.
00:02:25
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:02:28
Connor
We can probably talk about that a bit later.
00:02:30
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yeah
00:02:30
Connor
What do they do now? You know, it's it's it's going to be crazy. And the worst part is there's still two contracts we don't really know about yet, you know.
00:02:39
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Yeah, exactly. it's I feel like this one, though, felt pretty nailed on compared to the other two, in my opinion anyway, because of the fact that it's been in the works for so long, and he's the only one out of the three that has been heavily linked with a move elsewhere.
00:02:56
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And also, he hasn't really been denying any of the rumours. And, you know, he hasn't been going out on a limb to say, i love Liverpool. This is my club. I want to stay here forever. um ah still remember he did that Sky Sports interview recently where he was asked if he would rather, i think it was win the Premier League with Liverpool again, something like that, win the Champions League with Liverpool again, win the Ballon d'Or was one of them.
00:03:23
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ah or win the World Cup with England. And he said he'd rather win the Ballon d'Or out of all of those four. He says he wants to create his own legacy. And he was asked, what about captaining Liverpool? He said, well, I've already done that.
00:03:37
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So it was at that moment where I thought, yeah, do you know what?
00:03:41
Connor
Hmm.
00:03:42
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It's that that's it that it's it's it's all sort of made sense now. um Here's a little bit of history on
Career Highlights at Liverpool
00:03:48
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Trent. um Obviously, us Liverpool fans we have followed his journey.
00:03:53
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ah But his journey started back when he was signed by Liverpool in 2004 at the age of six. He earned high praise in Steven Gerrard's autobiography while he was being coached by him.
00:04:04
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in the academy. He made his debut against Spurs in the League Cup in October 2016. After an impressive pre-season and with Nathaniel Clyne injured, Alexander-Arnold started the 2017-18 season as the team's right-back and scored his first goal against Hoffenheim in a Champions League qualifier on the 15th of August, that free kick that curled in.
00:04:25
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ah With us, he's made memoral perform memorable performances with the corner taken quickly and that performance against Leicester City. He's won a Champions League. ah He's on the verge of winning his second Premier League. He's won an FA Cup, two League Cups, a Super Cup, a Club World Cup and a Community Shield.
00:04:43
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He holds the record for the most assists from a Premier League defender in history with 64. And today he's 26 years
Contract and Blame Discussion
00:04:52
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old. He looks set to join Real Madrid on a free transfer in July.
00:04:55
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The reported figure is 220,000 a week. He's currently on 180,000 a week at Liverpool. According to TalkSport, a contract has already been agreed.
00:05:06
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Now, Conor, who's more to blame for this? Is it Trent or is it FSG?
00:05:12
Connor
um Oh, that's a good question. That's a good question. I think the the real negative part of me wants to say FSG because there is no way that we'd be here in the first place had the contract situation been sorted out a year or two ago. You know you can look ah at the Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk contracts, even Ibou Konate's out of contract next year.
00:05:38
Connor
It doesn't look too good from an optics point of view. But ultimately I think you can't, I feel really torn about this because I want to blame Trent, but also can you really?
00:05:51
Connor
I know he's a boyhood Liverpool fan. I get it. I mean, I have grown up sporting Liverpool all my life. I'm not from here. I've lived in this city for nearly 10 years now. I wouldn't go.
00:06:02
Connor
But that's me. You know, he's his own man. He can make his own decision.
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I
00:06:06
Connor
And I think as soon as Real Madrid get that their hooks in, you know, people don't turn them down. Unless you're Steven Gerrard, you know.
00:06:13
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know.
00:06:14
Connor
So we'll see.
00:06:14
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Yeah. That's the thing. ah that We idolise Gerrard, and he idolises Gerrard, and... he's from the city, so he knows the culture of the club. And that's, if you are to leave Liverpool when you don't really need to, that's very impactful because the city is so tightly knitted together. And, you know, it's just a different culture in Liverpool. um If you become a club legend, you're revered in ah the city forever. You know, they'll make it, he's already got a mural of himself just around the corner from Anfield.
00:06:51
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um and And, you know, I just, I don't think money comes into it. I know he's a bit materialistic, Trent. We all know that. He's shooting for LV in Paris and that sort of stuff. But I don't think he, I don't think that small wage, increase well, it's a massive wage increase for the normal person. But from a footballer's perspective, that wage increase I don't think is the reason he's leaving. I
Player Loyalty Comparison
00:07:19
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just think he wants to create his own legacy. I think he cares more about his legacy in football than his legacy with Liverpool.
00:07:26
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And, you know, when you idolise Gerrard, you sort of get a bit annoyed with him as Liverpool fans because it was Gerrard who really was having a much worse time with Liverpool ah in those sort of mid-2000s.
00:07:26
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:07:40
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The club was on the verge of going into debt. It did end up going into debt with Hicks and Gillette. ah We lost Xavi Alonso. um We lost Mascherano. And it just seemed like the club was falling apart. We weren't really challenging ah for the league until like 2009.
00:07:58
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And he had very good offers. It was Jose Mourinho who was continuously trying to sign him for other teams. And they were very tempting offers because Gerrard was holding the club together for...
00:08:14
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years And that's why he is they're very near to if not the greatest Liverpool player of all time. And when you have that person there that you've idolised, you've tried to play like, it was Trent who in the academy was central midfielder.
00:08:31
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um it just feels a bit strange. It just doesn't feel like this is the sort of thing that he should should be doing if he wants to be this club legend. i mean we've We've all seen the hate that Owen got when he left. um And he wanted to come back to Liverpool, ended up not happening. And then, well, he went to Man United and we all know what happened there. But do you think Trent will go down as a legend in Liverpool now?
Will Trent Be a Liverpool Legend?
00:09:01
Connor
Oh, that's another good question. I don't know, man. I don't know. I think it's it's too early to tell because it's it's still fresh. You know, it's still breaking news as we're recording, I suppose. And also, it's technically not being officially confirmed.
00:09:17
Connor
Although, you know, a betting man would probably say it's it's done. um i think of I think, yeah, he will. Of course he will. I mean, local lad comes up through the ranks, plays for Liverpool.
00:09:29
Connor
for 20 years, wins a lot, vice-captains the team, you know, as things stand, is the highest assistant defender in Premier League history, revolutionized the right-back role.
00:09:38
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Yeah.
00:09:41
Connor
like Like we said, he's a generational footballer. It's been way in that position, I'll say he is. Whether he's a legend of Liverpool or not, it's kind of up for debate.
00:09:41
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Yeah.
00:09:48
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I just think... Yeah.
00:09:51
Connor
But I think in terms of the game, he will be.
00:09:52
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Yeah.
00:09:53
Connor
But it does there's something about it that even if I if i was at Anfield in the last game and he was there and we were clapping him off, I'd feel bitter about it. I really will. I think I will, you know.
00:10:03
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Yeah. hundred percent ah hundred percent it feels like the mcmannamon situation i know i wasn't around during that time but
00:10:08
Connor
Hmm.
00:10:10
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that i think that's the closest comparison to it because mcmanmon well i suppose mcmannamon didn't win the champions league And I don't think he won the Premier League either. I think that was slightly... No, because we didn't win the Premier League, but I'm talking about just the top division of English football. I don't think he was there for 1990. No, he wasn't.
00:10:28
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So I suppose that's the closest comparison to it. um And I suppose Trent might feel a little bit annoyed if he's not revered as a Liverpool legend because he's won all of this stuff Liverpool.
00:10:43
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On the verge of his second Premier League title, won the Champions League. but And he's probably our greatest right back since, i don't know, Phil Neal, maybe even overtaken him now. But it he he he is ah legend in terms of his status at Liverpool.
00:11:03
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It's just the fact that he's won all of this and Liverpool are at their best point in 30, 35 years So why would you want to leave that all behind?
Impact on Liverpool's Future
00:11:14
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That's how I feel about it. So that's why but that that's the perspective I'm seeing.
00:11:18
Connor
I think as well, Liverpool are at their best, like you just mentioned, but also I think why this feels so bitter is that this is also such a pivotal moment and it's going to be a massive summer anyway.
00:11:28
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Yeah.
00:11:30
Connor
But now that the first kind of dominoes fallen, if you will, allegedly again, allegedly Trent's going, um, the vibes for want of a better word are a little bit weird now, you know, like like you mentioned that we're were potentially nailed on for ah title win this year.
00:11:44
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Yeah.
00:11:50
Connor
i ah
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a
00:11:51
Connor
I was having this conversation with some mates earlier over lunch about the Trent thing and about, you know, are Liverpool fans allowed to be annoyed? We're about to win the league. Are we allowed? Of course we are. ah the generational player at the club who has grown up, boyhood Liverpool fan, done it all, won it all, you know, kind of the face of the club for years to come, hopefully, has decided not to renew, to go to Real Madrid to hire out with his little best mate.
00:12:01
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Yeah, absolutely.
00:12:11
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Yeah.
00:12:13
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Yeah. and all And all of this is in the wake of our League Cup final loss, a match that he missed as well, by the way, through injury.
00:12:19
Connor
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:12:22
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So now he's missed ah he's missed a pivotal match and he's off talking to Real Madrid representatives. That is a bit annoying. And also, what does this mean for Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk? Because they'll be looking at this and saying, hey, so you have got 180 grand a week next season.
00:12:39
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That is now being unused. Maybe they would want a bit of that ah because, I mean, if you're Mo Salah, you can demand any wages you want because he's been probably... that This has been his best season at the club.
00:12:53
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:12:53
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And it's down to him, basically, that we're on the verge of winning a Premier League title.
00:12:57
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Virgil van Dijk, I don't think, will be that sort of person because he's already the club captain and he just doesn't seem like he cares too much about the money. He's already earning a decent amount. um But do you think this is more ground for Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk to make their own personal demands? Or do you think this is a step closer to them being out of the door, seeing the vice captain ah leaving and potentially seeing a huge reform in our club over the summer?
00:13:27
Connor
This kind of comes back to, you said, it you know, we're at our best in the last 35 years, but also it's such a pivotal summer and it feels so precarious because it can go either way, right?
00:13:39
Connor
ah Let's say they both renew, fantastic. And then we have these grinds to replace some players, freshen up the forward line, you know. Let's say they both go, Does it suddenly start looking good?
00:13:51
Connor
I think you could argue that the wage is freeing up. I understand that looks a bit more, you know, it looks like you could just go, here's 90 grand for you, Salah. Here's 90 grand for you, Van Dyke. But what I do think is kind of interesting is,
00:14:05
Connor
you know, maybe this is the the film student, former film student and me coming out and analyzing it a bit too much, right? But you could argue that is there room for you to get the bad news first and the good news comes afterwards, you know?
00:14:20
Connor
Is it like, okay, we're going to tell you, well, we're not going to tell you, we're going to leak it that Trent's going,
00:14:20
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maybe. maybe
00:14:25
Connor
The fume's going to kick off. We're going to announce it. The fume's going to keep going. Here comes the end of the season. We're 12 points clear. Here's your Van Dijk extension. Here's your Mo Salah extension.
00:14:36
Connor
Because the thing is, like a massive company like Liverpool...
00:14:36
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Yeah.
00:14:41
Connor
that dominates headlines so often, the media attention is so massive. So you kind of have to, from their point of view, you'd hope they would skew it a certain way, you know, and hopefully it would bring the positivity back, but that's whether or not they do.
00:14:55
Connor
I mean, I've always been quite pessimistic about FSG and about Liverpool, and I'm not one of those FSG out people, although I've definitely been close to my time.
00:14:57
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Yeah.
00:15:05
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No, me neither.
00:15:07
Connor
Because I think they're good stewards.
00:15:07
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Yeah, same.
00:15:08
Connor
Yeah, I think they're good stewards of the club, but obviously you're a Liverpool fan, Lou. You get it. you want we We want more transfers. oh Everyone does, right? um And they're not the kind of...
00:15:16
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Yeah, absolutely.
00:15:18
Connor
um we're The way Liverpool are structured is, unfortunately, we're a sell-to-buy club, really. That's kind of how we work.
00:15:25
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Yeah.
00:15:26
Connor
And I think another reason why this feels so bitter, again, is that we're not getting any money for him.
00:15:26
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Yeah.
00:15:31
Connor
And he's the one that, you know...
00:15:32
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Yeah, that is annoying. But I suppose the argument could be that we didn't pay anything for him in the first place because he's been at the club since he was six years old.
00:15:39
Connor
yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:15:41
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It's different if it's Salah and Van Dijk because we paid a decent amount of money, especially for Van Dijk. And I just think as well, you know, the talks of Diaz and Nunez leaving as well.
00:15:56
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It's that that therefore we need reinforcement in the front this summer because, you know, Jota could be on his way out. Chiesa, there's been talk of him leaving. Harvey Elliott, there's been talk of him leaving.
00:16:07
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And I just think, come on, but we can't lose our vice captain, our captain, our star forward, our backup for our star forward.
00:16:18
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hit his backup for his right winger, our striker, our backup striker, and our left winger.
00:16:22
Connor
yeah uh-huh yeah
00:16:26
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we've only got Gakpo left in the front. So I just, I just, I just think, come on. It's this, this does feel like the last two years have felt like a bit of a transition anyway.
00:16:32
Connor
yeah
00:16:37
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you know, since we lost Firmino, Mane and co um we haven't really replaced Sadio Mane and Firmino really. I mean, we've been close with Diaz a couple of times, but he just hasn't been putting up the numbers. um And, you know,
00:16:53
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it It feels weird that we're doing all of this after winning the Premier League, assuming that happens.
00:16:58
Connor
Mm.
00:16:59
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um So the question, I suppose, is what reinforcement do we need? And will Connor Bradley be Trent's personal replacement, the permanent replacement, rather, especially with Calvin Ramsey still out on loan as well?
00:17:12
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He could come back and be his right it back, back up Gomez and Quants. Well, Quants doesn't really work, as we've seen, but it does feel like we need it.
00:17:19
Connor
i think I think this this this is the big another big question. There's so many question marks over so many positions, I think, at Liverpool. um Famously, we've disagreed about left-backs before, and you know what? I'm happy to park it because Trent going, Andy Robertson's your vice-captain, surely, right?
00:17:37
Connor
Surely. It makes the most sense.
00:17:37
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Has to be.
00:17:38
Connor
It makes the most sense.
00:17:39
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i And I personally love Robertson, i've as I've mentioned before in the group chat.
00:17:42
Connor
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:44
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I still don't think Timikas is first team quality. I think we have to come to that conclusion.
00:17:48
Connor
And there's another position you have to strengthen in or or replace, right? Because it looks like one of them is going to go.
00:17:52
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I mean, yeah, and the talk is Milos Kerkhez as well coming in, and he's got that link with Sobos Lai in the national team.
00:17:54
Connor
So...
00:17:57
Connor
Yeah.
00:18:00
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Great friends off the pitch. It would make sense, but that's not,
00:18:02
Connor
It would. I think in terms of replacements and sign-ins, it feels like the biggest summer... you know we've set to have as as Liverpool fans and as a club in so long.
00:18:14
Connor
And the thing is, it's kind of the summer that we're really going to find out what FSG are like, like what how they see Liverpool going forward.
Liverpool's Continued Premier League Aspirations
00:18:23
Connor
Because if you think about it, I think um before the before the first you know game kicked off, I was very much in the camp that Liverpool are a top four team, we're a Champions League team.
00:18:34
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Yeah.
00:18:35
Connor
And any trophies that we pick up along the way, thumbs up.
00:18:35
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Yeah.
00:18:37
Connor
I'm all here for that.
00:18:38
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Yeah. ye
00:18:40
Connor
Thankfully, look at it looking like it. We're going to win the the Premier League this year, but we're still in transition, like you mentioned.
00:18:44
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yeah Yeah, they must have done
00:18:46
Connor
So I think the key thing for me, those two contract extensions, Salah, Van Dijk, are so important. I think there's probably, they probably knew the Trent thing was coming, right?
00:18:57
Connor
Probably. So you'd like to think there's been some talk about what's the right back situation. Is Connor Bradley a good enough option? I think he's too injury prone and I love him, but he picks up muscle injuries and, and, and I think Joe Gomez is probably going to move on.
00:19:08
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Yeah.
00:19:11
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And, you know, as Liverpool fans, yeah, he's...
00:19:14
Connor
on Yeah.
00:19:16
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I don't know, it would be stupid if we got rid of Gomez because he can play in so many positions and he always does a very good job.
00:19:23
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:19:23
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um He's had his calamities in the past, but... You know, so has Alisson. And he's been probably the best goalkeeper in the world for the last five years.
00:19:30
Connor
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:19:35
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um and it just It's just there's too much uncertainty around the club. And we can't afford to have any more injury-prone players. We saw our midfield around our best years when we were constantly seeing Naby Keita, Thiago, Oxlade-Chamberlain sidelined for too much time.
00:19:56
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too much time And I just don't want to go back to that. And, you know, winning the Premier League, guaranteed Champions League football next season, definitely, that's 100%. It just feels like we should have all the cards.
00:20:11
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But when we've got this much uncertainty and this much tension around the club, it it it it causes questions of the fans. And I don't think that's unreasonable. I know with FSG, things often work out.
00:20:24
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I mean, who would have thought that we'd win the Premier League this season? assuming that happens. But ah i I don't know what I want anymore for Liverpool because i ah don't know where we'll be next season.
00:20:34
Connor
Yeah, same.
00:20:38
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i have i don't know. um but and I can't just concentrate on the rest of this season because, I mean, firstly, it's an international break and all these stories are flying around.
00:20:48
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And secondly, well we win the Premier League. As fans, we have the mentality. Great. What's next? What's what's what's for next summer?
00:20:56
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:20:57
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There's no international football ah over the summer. What's what's next for August when we go
Future Strategy and Direction
00:21:03
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back? Will Salah be there? Will Van Dijk be there? It's just a sad, scary time again ah for Liverpool fans.
00:21:12
Connor
It feels, um like like we keep saying, it feels it feels perilous. It feels like this is the this is the summer where we find out what what the owners are made of, um what Arna Slott is looking for in a number nine, probably.
00:21:27
Connor
We find out how much Salah, Van Dijk want to stay and how much FSG value them. We know that the manager fancies them.
00:21:34
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Yeah.
00:21:36
Connor
It's just one of those where a lot of question marks over a lot of players, a lot of positions, and I think we need answers. And it's ah it's almost like, It's almost like you expect the fall off post-Club, right?
00:21:50
Connor
And thankfully that didn't happen because of how Liverpool have played this year.
00:21:51
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Mm.
00:21:55
Connor
um And I think that's part of that is also, this is a little bit tangential, but part of that is also down to the fact that there wasn't that much ah change in terms of, of course, there was a new background staff came in there was technical staff came in, but on the pitch it stayed the same.
00:22:11
Connor
we've kind of seen that the behind the scenes staff change now. We've seen how that works, but now it's another, it's another transition. It's another game of questions because there's going to be lots of on field changes this year. And I think, you know, ah some of the names were being linked at right back as well. I don't really see how it makes sense.
00:22:29
Connor
I love the idea of Jeremy Frimpong. I'm sure you've seen that, but like he's a, he's, he's a right wing back, almost a right midfielder.
00:22:32
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Yeah, I've seen that.
00:22:35
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Yeah, he's
00:22:37
Connor
Does it make sense?
00:22:37
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yeah
00:22:38
Connor
I'm not too sure. Like, yeah.
00:22:39
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he's... He plays at a system with Leverkusen where they play with three centre-backs and two full-backs who just bomb up the wings.
00:22:45
Connor
yeah
00:22:49
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So that's Jeremy Frimpong on the right, Alejandro Grimaldo on the left. I've seen him play in other positions as well, but we can't have...
00:22:53
Connor
mm-hmm
00:22:57
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we We need someone with legs, and I understand that, but we need someone who can play in a back four as well. And Frimpong, if you saw for the Netherlands, against Spain, he played on the right wing.
00:23:10
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its ah so It would not make sense. I've seen the name Alexander Isak thrown around. That's not going to happen.
00:23:18
Connor
yeah
00:23:18
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If you're a fan of Liverpool Football Club, you will know that that is not a Liverpool signing. When have we ever gone for a striker, a proven striker in the Premier League? Last one, I think, is Christian Benteke.
00:23:31
Connor
I was about to say don't want to talk about that one yeah or Ricky Lambert if you will he was kind of proven but that but again I don't want to talk about that either
00:23:31
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We saw how that worked out.
00:23:33
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That's never again. Never again. and that was That was poor.
00:23:40
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ah I wouldn't, he's not on the same level as Isak. I don't think that's any disrespect to Ricky Nam, but
00:23:46
Connor
I think, or Benteke, really, but we can move we can move on.
00:23:48
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and
00:23:49
Connor
Yeah.
00:23:50
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yeah, no, definitely not.
00:23:50
Connor
yeah
00:23:51
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So ah and i I suppose the closing question is, um do you see Liverpool in the same position next season as you see them in this season?
00:24:05
Connor
Is that position first? um Because if so...
00:24:08
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um or at least challenging for the Premier League title.
00:24:11
Connor
yeah Yeah, I think it hinges massively on Van Dijk and Salah. um
00:24:17
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Yeah.
00:24:18
Connor
And if they both if they both stay, then yeah. Because i think the average of FSG slash whatever sporting director you want, um you know, signing players that turn out to be, to fit in and turn out to, it turns out to be a success at Liverpool is pretty high, you know.
00:24:35
Connor
um
00:24:35
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Yeah.
00:24:35
Connor
but You can name a few players that might not have worked out.
00:24:36
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And often with our signings, yeah, often with our signings, they always seem to slot in perfectly as well.
00:24:42
Connor
Yeah, yeah. And I think that goes to show the kind of level of detail that is constantly being taken in and and looked looked into when you're scouting these players.
00:24:49
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Yeah.
00:24:53
Connor
But it is so, it's such a big, big, big summer that i i'm I'm quietly confident, but only if those two stay. i don't know. How do you feel?
00:25:01
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Yeah.
00:25:01
Connor
the same?
00:25:02
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i'm I'm only confident because it's FSG. I know there are so many Liverpool fans that would completely disagree with me, but how often have we always slated FSG for not getting contracts done or signings done, and then it just works out?
00:25:05
Connor
Yeah.
00:25:16
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um Because remember how much hatred they were getting when we didn't sign Bellingham. Then we pulled Sobosly and McAllister and Gravenberg out of the hat, and suddenly we've won the league, it seems like.
00:25:21
Connor
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:25:28
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So... um that's that's why and I just think that Richard Hughes um Michael Edwards are just absolute geniuses um and that's why I just feel ah somewhat confident with uh whatever happens this summer will be
Conclusion and Hope for the Future
00:25:45
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um in our hands and
00:25:48
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ah hopefully we'll be back challenging for all the big ones next season. We'll end the podcast there on a somewhat high note, but um obviously devastating to lose Trent Alexander-Arnold, it seems like.
00:26:00
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Maybe there'll be a 180, but I really don't see that happening. But whatever happens, we'll stay by our club. You've been listening to the Daily Liverpool and Daily Premier League podcast on the Global Sports Podcast Network. Thank you very much, Connor Norcott, for joining me today.
00:26:15
Connor
Thanks for having me.
00:26:17
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Yeah, thank you. Right on cue. And we'll see you for the next one.