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I'm James Martin and today I'm joined by Dave Comerford.

And you're joining us in the middle of a three-part series looking at the defense

midfield and the tack of Liverpool at present. We cover the defence yesterday.

Be sure to check that out. You can see it on YouTube on Facebook. And today we're

moving on to the midfield in terms of where we are now,

where we may be in the future with transfers, but Dave the place to start is the current

midfield and there's lots of questions in there, particularly surrounding

a couple of players with impending contract situations. We have Navicator and Alex Oxley

Chamberlain both with deals that expire in 2023. How do you see their future panning out?

Well, personally I think thatabi Kaser will stay beyond the 2023 expiry.

I think his availability has been better this season.

I think he's matured as a player as well, you know, sort of in a kind of more subtle role I'd say, more kind of genie wine

al-damask in some ways. Alexoixe, Chamberlain, I'm not sure, you know, he's been involved quite a lot as well, but I'm not sure there's been

the consistency of performance from him that would be seen as meriting a contract extension. So if I had to sort of guess how it would pan out I'd say

Kator will probably extend but I'm not sure we'll see Oxay Chamber of

Liverpool beyond 2023.

Yeah when he came off against Nottingham Forest, he did look like a frustrated figure,

whether he thought that might have been the last chance, who knows, but I suppose some of it

depends on the

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