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

Hello, it's Paul Weilock and welcome to your latest podcast on the Blood Red channel.

Now I don't know if you've seen it but there's brilliant footage on our Blood Red

YouTube channel of members of the official Liverpool Supporters Club in Japan

watching Takumi Minamino's red debut together.

And after we uploaded that, the club got in touch with the Liverpool Echo to see if we'd

like to record a podcast about Minamino signing for Liverpool and the

impacts of the deal in Japan.

Naturally, we were more than happy to oblige.

And at quarter past three on Monday afternoon and 15 minutes after midnight in Japan,

I had the pleasure of catching up with Yumiku Tamaru.

Yumiko is the secretary of the official Liverpool Supporters Club in Japan

and you can listen to our quick chat here.

And then we'll be back later in the

Erekin Club's pre-West-Time United Press Conference and the latest installment of the agenda.

The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

Hi Yumiko, thank you very much for staying up so late and speaking to us on the

Blood Red Podcast. Are you okay? I am okay, thank you Paul. Yeah, it's about

quarter past 12, your time in Japan at the moment. It is yes it is quarter past 12. Well thank you again for

for agreeing to do this at this ungodly hour. As I've just said then you're the secretary of the official Liverpool supporters club in Japan and

we've got you on primarily to talk about Takumi Minamino but before that how are you enjoying watching

Liverpool this Liverpool team this season?

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