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

Some breaking Liverpool transfer news today. The Reds are on the verge of signing

Takumi Minamino the Arby Salzburg attacker in January. I'm here with Kiva O'Neill

who's been writing this story this morning for us Kiva. exciting news tell us more very exciting yeah the

word on the street is the word on the street yeah yeah and clocks accelerating this move

maybe for January with minamino having impressed over the two games he

obviously scored at Anfield and then he impressed on Tuesday night as well and so

he's got a release clause which is so small the thing 7.25 million which is remarkable really

He's tipped to be worth around treble after so you know this could be a massive steal for Liverpool and I think you know with a lot of other clubs being tipped to sort of be interested in the Bundesliga

CER they are Man United name has also come up so this feels like you know

Liverpool are trying to get in there and I've never seen Liverpool be this sort of

bold in terms of saying right we're after this player and we're going for it

which is you know great to say.

Yeah well he's certainly an exciting player I mean anyone who watched the two games

this season I think I don't think I've ever watched a match and gone they should sign him and I think everyone said the same thing

didn't they? I remember being at Anfield just thinking who is this kid I mean he's 24 years

old he's not a kid but I was just watching him thinking wow obviously Sal obviously Salzburg, as we know, a very young impressive site.

Jesse Marsh has done great things there.

We obviously know what kind of club they are, you know, having chair not the likes of sadio man in Nabie,

Kator. So, you know, we know what kind of talent they produce,

but watching him, he was just eye-catching him both performances.

On Tuesday night, that back heel hill he done to set up

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