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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Deadline Day UPDATE: Henderson extends Anfield stay as Reds ready to take transfer gamble

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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Sports News, Soccer, Sports, News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The ECHO's Liverpool FC correspondent Paul Gorst joins Guy Clarke to assess the Reds' transfer deadline day plans, Jordan Henderson's new four-year contract at Anfield, and which players could be set to depart. With Liverpool captain Henderson signing a new deal through to 2025 this morning, we explain the club’s stance ahead of the 11pm deadline. Ibrahima Konate has been the only major summer arrival for Jurgen Klopp’s side, with the club instead prioritising contract renewals for key players at Anfield. But will that change with with Roberto Firmino's hamstring injury? Enjoy.Get exclusive podcasts direct to your inbox every week for FREE by joining the Blood Red Club. Sign up at http://www.bloodredpodcast.co.ukWatch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCJoin our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ 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

Welcome along to Blood Red here on Transfer Deadline Day as we bring you the very latest from and for alongside me Guy Clark we have our Liverpool correspondent Paul Gors to look through the Reds movement so far this summer.

0:20.0

What can be expected today as well as reacting to news?

0:23.2

Captain Jordan Henderson has signed a new four-year deal.

0:27.0

Gorsley, I hope you're well.

0:28.5

Deadline Day is here and upon us and of course Liverpool fans wanting to know what to expect today what can they expect?

0:38.0

Not a lot as a fan sadly just not in Liverpool's nature nature is to go about the business on Transfer Deadland Day and kind of

0:47.0

heard about the continent chasing round players that sometimes might be, you know, might not come to fruition or might not come

0:57.8

off and sometimes it can appear from the outside looking in as a bit desperate. We see clubs leave it to the last

1:04.9

day every single year don't we and Liverpool are very rarely one of them.

1:08.2

Obviously January was a little bit different with Ben Davison and I was on

1:11.8

a back coming in they were kind of waiting on the results of the Joel

1:15.7

Matab scan which reveal that it would be a season ender for him so he knew they needed

1:20.3

someone but then he kind of took the decision that they needed to so that was a bit of a mad dash in the last day of January's window but generally Liverpool don't really leave it late do they I mean if they've signed someone on Dead Land

1:34.4

day it's normally been in the process alone that that week Alexxlaid Chamberlain is one I

1:41.2

can think of in 2017.

1:43.0

The boat bought in from Arsenal on Deadland Day, but kind of a word of that happening a few days

1:48.3

earlier and so on, but at the moment all things point towards it being a very quiet window.

1:54.0

Certainly on the incoming front.

1:57.0

Now for me, I am like plenty of fans who believe that Liverpool need more I mean sometimes there's plenty of

2:06.2

screaming and shouting the transfers just for the sake of transfers and spend the money just for the sake of

2:10.6

spend the money but I do believe that Liverpool need another forward option. for the

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