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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Press Conference: Jurgen Klopp asked about Premier League 'circuit breaker' and Virgil van Dijk progress

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

At the end of his post-match press conference, following Liverpool's 0-0 draw at Newcastle United on Wednesday, Jurgen Klopp held two further press conferences, to be embargoed before Monday's trip to Southampton. You can listen to the first now, with Reds boss Klopp asked questions about a potential Premier League 'circuit breaker' and the latest on injured star centre-back Virgil van Dijk, who has been posting some encouraging videos to his social media channels recently. Klopp's other embargoed press conference will be released at 10.30pm on Sunday (January 3). Happy New Year!Like our podcasts and videos? Then we'd love you to take part in our Blood Red census. It takes no time at all and can be completed on the link below:https://data.reachplc.com/203554478398974 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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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

And Jorgon, can I just get your opinion please on the talk these last couple of days we heard

0:14.3

Sam and other days talking about or hoping for a potential circuit breaker in the

0:19.2

matches to give everyone a couple of weeks rest. The Premier League have said that they're not talking about that at all.

0:24.8

What is your view with the current situation and the amount of COVID cases we're seeing in the

0:29.9

Premier League? family. So I'm not a specialist.

0:35.0

We all know that.

0:39.0

We all try to do our best to keep the competition going I think it it works well I think everybody we knew we knew before

0:52.0

that the winter will be a

0:54.0

there's probably will be a second wave or something

0:58.0

however we want to call that

1:00.0

and on top of that for us as society Christmas is a challenge when it's about it's

1:06.2

about self-isolation stuff like this so I'm I'm not surprised that the numbers go up

1:11.0

but and that that then happens in football as well that the numbers go slightly up I think that's

1:18.1

yeah to try and that is understandable but we still try all to do everything to keep the boys as safe.

1:27.4

I think the competition can go on, but I'm not, because, and I think it's important as well because people want to watch it and we are in this case not part of the society. We want to usually live isolated, go to the training ground and stuff like this so I think really we can carry on but I'm not a

1:46.3

specialist and I respect all the decisions made in the next few weeks.

1:53.0

Last one for me, Yergen, apologies if you answer this one quite a lot.

1:57.0

There was some pictures in a video Virgil in the gym on the bike in the last 24 hours. How is his progress?

2:05.0

Good. Very good and I have no problem with talking about Vardh Mann dike. So it's very good, but still a long way to go.

2:12.7

That's this kind of injury.

2:14.4

So yeah, I'm happy when I see this video.

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