Hello and welcome to the latest Liverpool Blood Red podcast with me Ian Doyle

joining me today's not our full-time LFC report of both Home and O'A. N's Percy's

having a little bit of a break, a day off in Dublin ahead of tomorrow's friendly against athletic

bill bow however I have with me our LFC editor Andrew Kelly hi Andy I am and also Ecker reporter

poor Gorse type all how are you we'll start with the news that's broken in the last hour and half or so of Adulana.

He's injured.

Andy, he's going to be out for two to three months.

Not what Liverpool wanted to hear so close to the start the season, is it?

No, I mean you have to expect you'll get injuries at any time of a season.

It's unfortunate that it's been a good week for Liverpool I would have said

look good in the ID Cup which no doubt will talk about later on and

today's just been one of those days where things have got a bit down beat.

Lalana, you know, he's been crucial to

Jurgen Clops style of play over the last 18 months you'd say.

Not absolutely guaranteed. over the last 18 months you'd say.

Not absolutely guaranteed I wouldn't have said to be starring the opening game, but a player who would have been a vital sort of cog in a rotation, I would imagine that the manager would have been thinking of

playing with keeping players fresh. So to lose them for those first two or three months of the season, which all up to three months.

And then obviously once he's back a period of getting back up to fitness is a big blow and there's some big games in those for a couple of months as we know.

Paul as Andy's just said then, he's been a key player, Adam Alana for Yergen Club,

but at least it's in a position where Liverpool are quite well

blessed out there with options and that are kind of attacking midfield area.

Yeah, yeah. I was talking to Joe Rimmer about it before and we were saying

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