Academy Show: Lowdown on the 17-year-old training with Jurgen Klopp's first-team - and previewing a Manchester double-header

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The first Academy Show of the new season is here with host Paul Wheelock being joined by journalist, broadcaster and big Liverpool FC fan Matt Addison, who is a regular at Kirby watching the club's U18 and U23 teams. Before they get stuck into what is a big weekend for the talented young sides, Matt gives us the lowdown on the 17-year-old midfielder who has been pictured training with Jurgen Klopp's this week, Leighton Clarkson. Also on the agenda is Fiorentina's bid for Bobby Duncan, but please note the podcast was recorded before the 18-year-old striker's agent made an astonishing attack on the club and Michael Edwards (read the story HERE). The big incentive for players in the Reds academy is that Klopp is willing to give them a chance - Trent Alexander-Arnold being the ultimate example. However, with academy director Alex Inglethorpe admitting the club's youngsters will have to 'take a world-class player's shirt off him' to get into the senior side, Matt and Paul wonder whether more players may need to take the 'Harry Wilson route'. Talk then turns to the appointment of Curtis Jones as the new captain of the U23s, Harvey Elliott and Rhian Brewster, and the team's start to the season, plus a preview of their visit of Manchester City to Anfield on Saturday (August 31, 6pm KO). And there's also time to look at the free-scoring (as ever) U18s, who kick off a big double-header by welcoming Manchester United to the academy earlier in the day (11am KO). Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.
0:08.0	Hello, I'm Paul Weilock and welcome to the first Academy show Podcast of the New Season on the Blood Red channel.
0:14.3	For first time listeners, it's a podcast that looks at the latest from Liverpool's under 18 and under 23 teams.
0:19.3	And to help me do that, I'm joined by writer, broadcaster, big Liverpool fan and a regular over at Kirby,
0:24.3	Mass Addison. Mass, how you doing mate?
0:26.2	Very good, thanks, mate, yeah.
0:27.2	Good to have you on.
0:28.6	But before we get stuck into the under 18s and under 23s as a supporter and as a contributor to our post game
0:33.8	podcast what have you made of the first team starts of the season?
0:36.7	Yeah I mean well you look back at the summer and there was all those concerns about
0:40.6	transfers and do Liverpool have the squad depth and the season that we've had
0:44.5	three out of three in the Premier League a trophy under our belt already.
0:48.0	It's all going swimmingly well. Hopefully we get Allison back soon but
0:52.1	certainly the way it's going it looks like a
0:53.7	Liverpool Manchester City title race once again and you know it's fantastic to watch as a
0:58.4	fan as a journalist as a neutral probably as well and hopefully that can continue for the next few months.
1:03.4	Definitely make no doubt we'll be hearing lots more from years the season goes on on the
1:07.2	postgame podcast that's the podcast we do after every first team game home and away but
1:11.0	yeah we are here to talk about the under 18s and under 23s and
1:14.7	probably a big news story this week is the first team squad had a day off on Monday
1:19.5	they were back in on Tuesday and if people who listen to some have not seen the pictures one of the
1:23.7	players pictured training at Melwood with the first team was a 17 year old
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