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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

What next for starlets who impressed in pre-season and why Liverpool is the club to go to for young players

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It’s a big weekend for Liverpool FC’s academy with their U18s and U23s sides playing their first home matches of what is set to be another exciting season at Kirby.Neil Critchley’s U23s welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Anfield on Friday (7pm) before the U18s, now managed by the highly regarded Barry Lewtas after Steven Gerrard’s departure to Rangers, take on rivals Manchester United at the academy on Saturday (11am).We preview both matches – and talk much more besides – in our first Academy Show podcast of the new campaign.Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce guests on the show after spending the afternoon in the company of Critchley and Lewtas.The rise of Trent Alexander-Arnold to integral first-team squad member was the highlight of a brilliant season for the academy last time out.And there is real hope that there are more players ready to follow in Trent’s footsteps. The likes of Curtis Jones, Rafa Camacho and Nat Phillips certainly staked a claim with their performances in pre-season and James explains what could happen next for the trio and why goalkeeper Kamil Grabara has a real opportunity on his hands.James also discusses the futures of Sheyi Ojo and Pedro Chirivella before talk turns to the U18s and their summer signing Bobby Duncan, the highly rated young English forward who is the cousin of Reds legend Gerrard.That in turn leads to a debate about why Liverpool is now seen as the club to go to for talented young players before James rounds off the podcast by talking about the returning Pep Lijnders.Enjoy. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Liverpool Echo podcast on Anfield Plus, the home of your daily

0:05.3

podcasts bringing you the inside track from Liverpool FC.

0:08.8

Hello, my name is Paul Relock and welcome to the first Academy show of the new season.

0:13.0

If it's the first time you've listened to this podcast, then the clue is in the title.

0:17.0

It's a show entirely dedicated to Liverpool's under 23 and under 18 teams,

0:22.0

and a young player players aiming to break into

0:23.8

Yeogan clop's senior side. The under 23 has kicked off their Premier League

0:27.8

through campaign with a nil-nilled draw at Brighton last Friday and this Friday

0:31.9

Neil Kritsley's team will attempt to pick up their

0:34.1

first win of the season when they welcome to top them to Anfield.

0:37.0

Former under 16s coach Barry Lutis is now in charge of the 18s after Red's legend Stephen Gerald left to take over

0:44.3

Rangers. Lutus's first competitive game was a brilliant one as his side won six

0:49.3

one at Sunderland last Saturday. They'll look to make it two wins from two this Saturday

0:53.7

when they face Manchester United and Kirby. To preview both of those matches

0:58.0

I caught up with the echoes Liverpool FC correspondent James Pierce. We also spoke about the performances of the Academy players who

1:04.7

appeared for the first team in preseason including Curtis Jones and Raffa Comat Show.

1:09.1

The other youngsters the club has high hopes for and the ones who are out or who will be going out on loan.

1:15.0

Enjoy.

1:16.0

An Anfield Plus podcast from the Liverpool Echo.

1:20.0

Okay, hi James, thanks very much for joining me.

1:24.0

You've just been down to the Academy today

1:26.0

ahead of the first whole matches of the season

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