Djimi Traore exclusive on close relationship with Rafa Benítez, rejecting Everton and helping Liverpool win the Champions League

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.4 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In a Blood Red podcast special, former Liverpool defender Djimi Traore sits down with Joe Rimmer and Paul Gorst to talk through his career.The ex-Mali international made 141 appearances for the Reds, which included the Champions League triumph of 2005.Traore details what it was like arriving on Merseyside as an unproven teenager and tells us what he learned playing alongside defenders like Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia.Traore also revealed how he nearly wasn't part of the Reds' most famous European night - after strong interest from David Moyes' Everton! An infamous own goal at Burnley is touched on as Traore discusses how he went from his lowest Liverpool ebb to winning the Champions League just a few months later.A coach himself now with Seattle Sounders in the MLS, Traore tells us what he has learned working under revered Reds managers like Rafa Benitez and Gerard Houllier, and France's World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps.It's a must-listen. 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 and welcome to a very special edition Blood Red Podcast. I'm Jo River and today I'm joined by Paul Gourst and a man who helped
0:14.9	Liverpool win their fifth European Cup in Istanbul back in 2005.
0:18.8	He joined Liverpool from Hometown Club Le Bal in 1999 when he was signed by Gerard Thruillie, and he went on to make
0:23.8	130 appearances for the Reds.
0:25.9	You might remember him best for an own goal at Burnley, but you probably should remember
0:29.2	him better for a goal line clearance as Liverpool clinched that fifth European court back in 2005.
0:34.0	I'm delighted to say we're joined by former Liverpool defender Jimmy Traoi.
0:38.0	The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.
0:41.0	Jimmy, welcome back to Liverpool.
0:44.0	You're happy to be back?
0:45.0	Yeah, it's nice, you know, it's like,
0:48.0	long time not been in Liverpool, so it's always pleased to see, you know,
0:52.0	the city and the people.
0:53.4	For me, it's like, I feel like to come back home, you know?
0:55.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:56.6	How much is the city changed since you left Liverpool in 2006?
1:00.6	Yeah, a lot, you know, like, you know, this is downtown, city center,
1:04.0	everything like that. Even like, the stadium, you know, when I want to do the stadium on Sunday,
1:08.0	you know, I was surprised, you know, with a new stand, I front of that, it's beautiful.
1:11.0	So when was the last time you were actually back in Liverpool?
1:15.0	I was like in Liverpool in 2015 for the Iranian
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