This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on edition of the Blood Red Liverpool podcast.

I'm James Pierce, the Echos Liverpool reporter, and I'm delighted to be joined today by

Weggard, former Liverpool and Norway right back. We're going back,

Vegard, welcome back to Anfield.

How are you?

I'm fine, thanks, how are you?

Very good.

Thank you.

I think what is it, nearly 15 years since you left Liverpool?

Is it good to be back yeah always yeah my

last season here was well my contract expired in 2003 so it only 15 years

this summer but ever since I've come back here once

twice every year and it's always very enjoyable. I mean people always say when

you've played for Liverpool it never it never leaves you that

certainly seems to be the true in your case yeah definitely I spent five years of my life here

and just had some brilliant times.

I fell in love with the club with the city and the people here so

yeah it's a huge pressure to come back here and go to the game and especially now with the team playing so well.

So expectations are high before today's game.

And we're sat here just a Laureusis carrias gold kick away from the stadium in hotel, Tia, which is just opened up.

I understand the friends of yours that are running the place.

It's going to be a great meeting place for the array of Norwegians who flock across every home game.

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