Andrew Robertson's remarkable rise and just how much better the Liverpool left-back can become

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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It's hard to imagine a Liverpool side without Andrew Robertson in it.Harder still to imagine the brilliant left-back ever lining up for Everton.But that could well have been the case had then Blues boss Roberto Martinez followed up his serious interest when Robertson was playing for his first professional club Dundee United.Jackie McNamara, the Celtic legend, tells that story and much more in our latest Blood Red spin-off podcast.McNamara signed Robertson for just £5,000 as part of a double deal from Queen's Park in the summer of 2013.Fast-forward 12 months and the new Scotland captain was making a £2.85m move to the Premier League and Hull City, where he would stay for three seasons before signing for Liverpool, where in the last year, he has developed into the best left-back in England and one of the best in Europe.And, ahead of a huge week for the Reds, Paul Wheelock speaks to McNamara to get the inside track on a player who will have big roles to play in the matches with Bayern Munich and Manchester United.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, it's Paul Relock and welcome to your latest podcast on the Blood Red channel.
0:12.0	Hopefully you've had the chance to listen to James Pears's interview. Welcome to your latest podcast on the Blood Red channel.
0:12.8	Hopefully you've had the chance to listen to James Pierce's interview with Deep Mar
0:15.8	Hermann about Tuesday's Champions League match with buying Munich at Anfield.
0:19.5	It's fair to say that D.D. will go down as one of Jellard Hoolier's best ever buys, and if this last year the show is anything to go by,
0:26.0	Andrew Robertson will be the same for Yerken Clop. It's hard to imagine now a Liverpool side without
0:30.8	Robinson in it. It was only around 12 to 13 months ago
0:33.8	that the new Scotland captain was establishing himself in clock starting lineup
0:37.4	but since then he's become the best left back in the Premier League and one of the
0:41.1	best left backs in Europe. However his rapid rise has not come as a
0:44.7	surprise to the manager who handed him his professional debut. Former Selzeg and Scotland
0:49.2	defender Jackie McNamala was in charge of Dundee United back in the son of 2013 when he signed
0:54.8	Robertson as part of a double deal from Queens Park that cost just 5,000 pounds.
0:59.6	Fast forward a year and Robertson was making a 2.85 million pound move to then Premier League sides
1:04.4	Hull City, but only after then ever to manage a Roberto Mars and has failed to follow up his serious interest.
1:10.4	We'll have more on that in the chat I had with Jackie on Friday and as well as being the top former
1:15.1	fullback himself Jackie is superbly placed to give a first-hand insight into Robertson's rise,
1:20.2	the person behind the player and just how much better Liverpool's number 26 can become.
1:24.8	I hope you enjoy this podcast and we'll be back on Monday with Blood Red and all the build-up to that
1:29.6	Munich match.
1:30.5	The Blood Red podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
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