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

You think first of all, it's been reported out of Portugal that Jotica and Mr World Cup.

Can you bring us up to speed on exactly how serious his injury is?

And also the fact that you're playing Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, what problems does that create for you in terms of looking after

your play as well for someone like Andy Robertson for instance, just back from injury played 99 minutes

of a week.

Yeah.

I really know good news.

Not Jogo, yes, he will miss the World Cup.

Pretty serious injury in the muscle,

calf muscle.

And now we have to, the recovery starts, all the process starts, let me say like this.

And yeah, that's it pretty much.

So that's the first diagnosis which was pretty clear and all the rest will now follow in the next few days.

So very sad news for the boy in the next few days.

So very sad news for the boy, for us of course as well,

for Portugal for everybody.

So yeah, that's it.

Yeah, you're right, we have to, we need to have a look at that in general, which we always try and if we can

Consider it line-wise and we will do that so we will see how the boys feel today when they come in

is now a second day after the game and same moment it's minus one intense period

we are used to intense periods so it's not the biggest difference but no it's clear

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