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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

MJ Williams INTERVIEW: Donor who saved his career at 22 | Balotelli & Sakho training ground tales | Promotion with Bolton

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Having almost been forced into an early retirement at the age of just 22, Theo Squires chats with former Liverpool youngster Jordan 'MJ' Williams about his career to date. From the confusion around his name, to making his Liverpool debut at Anfield in a League Cup tie with Middlesbrough, and everything that has happened since. Williams shares the remarkable story of how his career was nearly brought to a premature end after receiving his first call-up to the Wales senior squad, what it was like working with both Brendan Rodgers and Jurgen Klopp, plus he shares his training ground experiences with both Mario Balotelli and Mamadou Sakho. Enjoy.Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloodRedLiverpoolFCSign up for our Liverpool FC newsletters: https://data.reachplc.com/210734476470860Join 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

The Esquires here.

0:10.0

Welcome to Blood Red, that we bring you our latest feature length into you, this time speaking with former

0:14.5

Red youngster M. J Williams, better known to some as Jordan.

0:18.7

We clear up the confusion around his name and how a donor saved his career at the age of 22, plus this is training ground tales involved. his from the Liverpool Echo. Thanks for joining us, MJ.

0:34.0

First of all, I'm sure many Liverpool fans are like me, her.

0:37.0

You didn't realize MJ Williams was the same as Jordan Williams.

0:41.0

Obviously, your first name's Michael as well, isn't it?

0:43.4

So how have you become MJ Williams?

0:46.2

How has that changed from Jordan?

0:49.0

So basically going up, for some reason I was always called Jordan but I obviously had Michael in my name

0:55.5

which my dad's name was Michael as well so it made a bit easier just getting called Jordan

0:59.7

and then nothing come about it until I went to Rottdale and it was two Jordan

1:06.8

Williams in the teams and we were playing I think it was self-end away it was and

1:12.4

they complained after the game because when the there was a corner

1:16.6

the two lads that were marking us didn't know which one to pick up so the the FL were like one of them going to have to put something else on their shirt and then

1:26.0

Rothsell then obviously just said like you know, do you mind putting MJ Williams because your first name's Michael and I was like yeah that's fine

1:31.7

So just from then really and then every club I've

1:34.4

been to you after that is just like I'd want to be called Jordan that time but as

1:39.2

soon as I walk in next say MJ you all right and so I'm thinking there's no point even changing my name here so

1:43.8

it's just being MJ from now so I quite like it to be fair it's just I'm used to it now

1:50.3

and I like a few of my mates they go why did they call you

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