Hello and

welcome to the latest Liverpool Blood Red Podcast with me Ian Doyle your host today.

Joining me are Neil Jones, writer, extraordinary, Andy Kelly, our LFC editor, and James Pierce, who is our Liverpool reporter,

full time, and both home and away.

We'll start, James, with the International Break break which of course we all absolutely love

and guess what's happened animal alama's got injured. What's the latest with him?

Well we know he reported back to to Melwood on Wednesday obviously be be accessible to the medical staff. I think Liverpool are expecting to have a full explanation of exactly the extent of the problem on Thursday. I think it is only minor. I think you could tell from how he went off,

playing for England. You know, he wasn't in a huge amount of discomfort. I know he gave the

thumbs up to reporters as he went through the mix only didn't stop to speak to anyone after the game.

But, you know, it is a concern, obviously, I think it was last month, wasn't he had a short spell on the sidelines with a similar growing problem which meant that he

missed those England games and then was only a sub against Manchester United.

So I think that would be wary of that.

I think he has to be obviously a doubt for the weekend.

I think, you know, the, you know, it's a blow because he's been in such outstanding form and

he showed that in the opening 25 minutes at Wembley against Spain.

You know, three and three for England he's got now, but, you know, it'll be a blow.

But, you know, as we've said before, Clop is blessed with real options up there and if Lelana does miss out, then obviously he's got, he's got

storage, he's got Menaldum and he's got a regi all desperately waiting for a chance.

And he was sat here this time last month, I think it was talking about, this time it was

one album who got injured.

It just seems to be that every time there's an international break now that, you know, it's not

just Liverpool, but Liverpool seems to pick up an injury somewhere along the line.

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