This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

The Blood Red Podcast, an emergency Blood Red Podcast, 30 of the Liverpool at Tom.

I Clark, welcome along.

So after weeks of speculation, confirmation has followed

with Liverpool sporting director Michael Michael Edwards

confirming he'll be leaving the Reds at the end of the season.

We're discussing why he's going, where it leaves Liverpool and how successor Julian Ward

to show about replicating the success.

Edith just helped bring to and field to get to get into all of that we have our own chiefs to Ian Doyle,

our own quiet genius behind the scenes, Sean Bradbury, and the old squire.

So I hope you're all aware.

The road has shown the channel

at the 4 o'clock

and the news came out that Michael Edwards

would be leaving at the end of the season.

It's not entirely kind of shocking its news has

come out. It's been being spoken about for a little while, but now we do have official

confirmation.

Yes, that's right, yeah. It's been made official we found out at 4 o'clock this afternoon that it came out.

So we've got a little bit heads up before that, but as you say it's something that was rumored back in August at the time I think one or two people

a little bit skeptical about it but actually when you look at the reasonings which

I'm sure we'll get into that Michael Edwards given for for signing a new deal.

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