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

Jovan Clop often praises his Baproom team and indeed took the first opportunity to when he was named

LMA Manager of the Year at the end of last season and rightly so but one man in particular is

of interest to me. Pep-lined us and yes that's how you pronounce it, is one of Clop's right and men.

When Zalco Bouvach left the club, Linders was made Clop's assistant alongside Peter Kravitz and

the Reds have read the rewards ever since.

I'm Matt Addison and as we'll get into during this podcast,

Leinders arrived at Liverpool from FC Porto before moving temporarily to

NEC Nehemagen in the Netherlands in 2018 to become a manager in his own right.

We'll discuss why that didn't work and why Liverpool was so keen to get him back

and the influence he's had since with my four guests on this podcast.

Sandey Anson is a fan of NEC Nemegan and represents the Forsa NEC fan club.

Muslou Nelban toggly was a coach at NEC when Linders was in charge of the Dutch second division side,

so I worked closely with him in the past and the pair remain in contact.

Josh Williams, our regular tactics writer and analyzing Anfield Favorite, then taught me through how a

Leinders Liverpool could look should the 37-year-old be the man chosen to take over at

Anfield whenever Yurken clock departs. But first, here's Scott Martin, an analyst specializing in Portuguese football.

Linders, his coaching journey really took off at FC Porto in the Premier League,

where his job title was technical coach.

At Porto's youth academy Academy he developed the likes of

Atleco Madrid's 126 million euro man, Jauphalan

and Ruben Neves, Everton's Andre Gomez, A.C. Milan and Portugal striker Andre Silver, and Manchester United

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