David James special: Saving grassroots football, running the rule over Alisson, and why he's tipping Arteta to be Arsenal's Klopp

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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4.4 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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David James speaks to Matt Addison about Alisson Becker, Jurgen Klopp and his old club Liverpool's defence of the Premier League. James explains why Thiago Alcantara has made him change his mind over who will win the title this season, plus why Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson is so good. The former Reds number one also talks through what he has seen while visiting Melwood recently, what should happen next with Loris Karius, who remains a Liverpool player, and why he rates Mikel Arteta so highly ahead of the Arsenal manager bringing his side to Anfield tonight. James was speaking to the Liverpool ECHO as part of his new Switch Before Pitch campaign to help grassroots sport through the COVID-19 pandemic.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=subscriber Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc Download 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

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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	David James made 277 appearances for Liverpool during his career, having been signed from Watford in 1992.
0:16.1	He also earned 53 caps for England and has played more matches than any other Premier League
0:20.8	goalkeeper, with only Frank Lampard, Ryan Giggs and Gareth Barry having made more overall.
0:25.8	Now though he's teamed up with Utilator.
0:28.1	The UK is leading pay-as-you-go-smart energy supplier to give advice and support to grassroots teams amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
0:35.6	I've picked up the phone to David to speak to him about that.
0:38.5	Liverpool, Yerken Clark, Allison Becker and more. I also asked him about our snorpe the team Liverpool
0:44.3	faced twice this week, starting tonight in the Premier League of course, after David
0:48.2	predicted them to win the league title this season. I'm Matt Addison, this is the Blood Red podcast and here's my chat with former Liverpool shotstopper David James.
0:57.1	The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
1:01.1	David thanks for joining us. First of all, how are you getting on?
1:04.0	How are you?
1:05.0	Nice to join it.
1:06.0	How am I going on very well, thank you very much?
1:09.0	Yeah.
1:10.0	Keep yourself busy using technology to keep in touch with football across the world.
1:15.0	Yeah, of course, it's a strange time, isn't it? I mean, we're here partly to talk about
1:20.4	Liverpool, of course, but also about grassroots football, something I know that you're
1:24.3	very passionate about. You're actually launching a new national campaign to sort of give grassroots
1:29.9	football clubs a helping hand. So do you want to just start with a little bit
1:33.7	of a background on that initiative to begin with?
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