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

Hi, Ergan, I hope you're well.

Pardon me. Lives a bit of which slightly.

I just wanted to check on Harvey Elliot, first of all, Yergan.

Have you spoken to him and what kind of spirits is he in? How's he doing?

Yes, of course. and what kind of spirits is he in how's you doing?

Yes of course I spoke to him

tonight after the game already and

he wasn't good in a in a I think in the best possible place for that moment he took it he took it already accepted already he knew he will be out for a while.

And today he is in London and will as far as I know probably have the surgery today.

So and that's then obviously the next step on the way back.

And so we all wait for news from that after the surgery and that's it.

Obviously meeting A.C. Milan in the group stage.

I mean for us it brings back memories of two finals, 2005 and 2007, but what sense of a real

European occasion do you get and not just that but one that you can again share with the fans as well.

Yeah, of course 2-5 is I have more in my mind than 2-7.

But yeah, anyway, if you would think about any kind of European battles then I think

Liverpool is a is a must watch is one you want to see Milan had now well it's now not in the

championship for a few years but are doing really well since one and a half round about years.

I played a brilliant last season, ended up second

and on the start of this season, really good as well.

So, it will be for sure a very tough game for both sides but yeah I can

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