HARD TO SEE BHATIA AND CO STAYING OUT OF NEXT SPONSORSHIP DEAL

0:00This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are, whatever you're doing. Welcome to another episode of News Round for Anfield Index. It is Sunday the 6th of September. There's no wealth. There's a couple of games on today. There's a weird sense of looking at the games on today. You want every team to lose, so maybe there's a draw. We're looking at the build up to the next game, which I've let you come and trade at home Wednesday night. It's weird, the fields are massive gap between Friday evening and Wednesday evening. But we're riding high still from that. We'll be talking about latest links. We'll be talking about latest comments. We'll be talking bull backs transfers. A lot, ladies and gents today.

1:00Ami Holt, Dave Davis coming to you from. Ain't no sound of summer in Edinburgh to be honest. It is absolutely lashing it down. The clouds are great fingers crossed. It is a little bit nicer in the world, wherever you are. It's still early in the season. I know as I bring this up, but you've had a little peak now at the Premier League table. Yes, the reds are in six. It's only three games gone, but they're a bit closer to the top down. Aren't they? And there's some interesting matches today. Still have to see the win-2 and they're at the top there. But two o'clock today, you've got Everton United. Again, you want both teams to lose. Maybe a draw suits. Arsenal Chelsea. The bastard Darby, as I like to call it, half-fought today. Again, you'd like both teams to lose. But maybe draws a better all round. After what's been a great weekend for us, Cheradse.

2:01No, it's Raven Liverpool. Any hint of summer. That's maybe well and truly disappeared, ladies and gents. Liverpool have got two games this week. It starts down, doesn't it? That one game a week, warm up to the races now, isn't it? And if you look at the games. What does I say this? You can get carried away with these things. But they're not the worst on paper. Of course, football's not played on paper, but they are not the worst on paper by any means. Champions League Wednesday night at a hand field, athletic goal. Saturday 3 p.m. How many of those will we have this season? Full-end. And if you're thinking, well, all gone, these are two good teams. Both have got, you know, our below are former Liverpool player link. Full-end. CBO need. They could always cause issues like the three, two last season. Very true, ladies and gents. But did you clock their results at the weekend?

3:01Athleticoma Dread. Not at the best to start the season. They went down three nil away. Athletic home, athletic bill, bow. It weren't good from the highlights that I've seen as well. You had Julian Alvarez back to booze, not happy. And even afterwards, El Cholo himself, semi-only was saying first off was very good. But it weren't clinical enough. The second half of the game got away from us in just five minutes. Only took two minutes for everything to change. He wasn't happy. But it's semi-only ever happy. And he's especially wasn't happy. Do you ask questions about. Julian Alvarez, which will probably be a bit of a talking point. But this one coming up, pull and rock first. Hey, it's 34 degrees on the Costa Blanca. Now we all hate you. Don't be there as well. So. Touchwood. It's not the worst fixture, I think. Consider it as a pot A side as well. Remember, pot A, we could have been going to. PSG, Barcelona, Real Madrid would have been away as we know.

4:05I don't think this is a bad start for a pot 18 at all. It's all right to say this. And expect three points at the same time from that. And then Saturday back into the league against full of who. Don't know if you've seen their start to the season. The conscore little Josh King will be a threat. Three games, three defeats, zero points. Yes, they scored four, but they've shipped seven ladies and gents. There's quite a few, especially for them fans. When you look at it, they are telling you how porous they are. How it's great to play attacking football. But there's no protection for the back four. Sounds a little bit familiar. They said ball on his team, doesn't it? How does Henry Rinter row of Josh King's playing great? That's a positive. How he's done. The balance is wrong though. They're fun to watch going forward, but the defense is getting exposed at the same time.

5:07Full of under our below. So easy and open to play through and likes of Joaquin Anderson. Getting exposed. You can go ahead of yourself it and touch what I'm not doing at all. Yeah, two fixtures that on paper, gold look bad for the reds this coming week at all. So we shall see what happens there. Now, this was one swoop of sort of the comments the fan base takes and everything here. This was probably the most popular news for many over the weekend. We it was no surprise. We do it was coming. But breaking news there, Richard Hughes as officially left Liverpool football club. We'll go wherever he's going as well. He's going to hell out. Not badly received and are to double negative, but most of you are happy with your okay.

6:07It made a bit of decent start, but these last 18 months, especially with contracts, decisions made, the window and everything. Yeah, it is absolutely the right time in fact. If we're deadly honest from the reports and we'll talk about some of these as well. Could have gone on gardening leave, shouldn't they? Should have gone on gardening leave a while ago. But it is what it is and it's interesting when you look at Liverpool sporting directors most recently. Four in four years. Literally four since 2022. Edwards was 16 to 22, some of those golden years were unbelievable. Then he stepped down in June 2022. Julian Ward only did it three years, didn't he? Or just under June 2022 to May 2023 and he left a lot longer before. Cosmquite clearly, Jürgen Klopp and the power change, the dynamic and that situation as well.

7:07York, Schmacker, remember him, Mr. Glowstick, Mr. Ibethers, paying release clauses. I've been a wicked time all for that small period doing Jürgen's bidding till February 2024. And then of course, June 2024, the whole new structure, Richard Hughes comes in and leaves two years later. And there's a point. We believe that Amit Battier and eight to nine to two holdings have no say. Now all you journalists are keen to report that. Some of them not digging at them at all, but it's clearly a club line, isn't it? No, Amit Battier. Cos they're still going through that night today ratification. Yeah, the are the are the are the. But also we've heard Amit Battier has been upholding the probably barcola transfer so far. We're not saying we definitely know he's involved in this, but. There's a cynical element to it as well. Yeah, you know what I'll just say what we're all thinking.

8:08And of course with the various reports. It's seven hundred million on big money players is interesting how history will view it. But this is a key line that quite a few have put out. Hughes and Liverpool also agreed he would only work for the Premier League club and not simultaneously conduct business. The Saudi Arabian side, Al Halali's expected to join the Reds hierarchy are satisfied. Hughes honored this agreement. Interesting choice of word in there from the West. And others put that, but it is what it is now. We can all move on. Keen there as well saying I give you credit for putting us in the bracket of being in the mix for getting these top players up just working. Exactly. But now I also think this part due to just willing to spend more. It will be a mix tenure right now. It's ended on a low note. Let's not pretend it's been a bad window most of us feel, but. Under this stewardship we won the lead.

9:08Yeah, we did some I think decent business early doors and they didn't have it a bit of a poison challenge a bit of a mess. Really, but it should have gone when Edward's gone. And I think this whole thing about this window that's the myth of all the planet or introduce it just got to execute it. Well, if that was executing it with the gaps and all the issues, but again, we'll see how history views these players in the future. And the certain lines that come out Paul Joyce wrote about this as well, didn't they? You know, saying of a tenuous mug up markbacks it says big spending and array of challenges that that's partly true. I would say and there's the club going, but yeah, the important sister he was work for them alone. And it was interesting the line about that when my collect words was left, that was a big part in use of decision. In all honesty, it should have been gardening.

10:08We all know that. But it is what it is ladies and gents. How do I all said that? I bet it's going to be someone internally at Liverpool will be the new sporting director, FB, your risk adverse board of lying, cowardly behavior at times. So internally is the easiest choice. It might want to be. To be honest, though. I don't give a shit this externally internally. I want it to be the right person. Yeah, Liverpool have had success with the internal system. Let's not just whitewash that away, but in recent times. There is a lot of questions of who's at the helm who's staring the ship have FsG taking the right off the ball. And it's interesting this. It's Greg Evans, part of the athletic FsG president Mike Gordon will lead the search process for replacement. I have seen expected to look at internal candidates to replace use, but are not rolling out a new appointment. So, I think that FsG's technical director is a lot of julien wad is likely to be considered alongside the current assistance for the director David Woodbine and FsG's director of football development, Pedro Marquez, all of whom.

11:16Continue to work at the club. Now people are going to say all sorts of nonsense at the moment with the sporting director all a little bit of his smoke and mirrors as they say you never fully sure. How to evaluate, but you will look at the signings and how they work, etc. Couple of things I would say. Julien Ward, that was who FsG were grooming to be their CEO eventually off this whole thing. Of Zelda, the contacts, the multilingual, the things he's done for Liverpool in various roles. You want to keep that at the club. If he was sporting director, would not be against it at all and Pedro Marquez. How many times are the likes of me and Fred spoke about this guy as he's known. They're setting up the DNA, the whole multi club, but the youth element he's genuinely seen as a genius in football. I don't care if they're called chief of Wig Wams or had a flip flops as long as these people stay in the club.

12:20The sporting director, could it be them? Yes. I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with that at all. It's funny, Galene saying there, but so called somebody gone with 1892 buys them out. That's what we don't know. This is the other thing on why I brought out that graphic sorry of four in four years. Well, are 1892 holdings going to be involved if they then buy them out? Are they wanting their own guys, etc? It could just be a bit messy this whole thing. So even if they're appointed, there's still question marks. And Gerard said, yeah, Julian Ward got the Lewis Dias deal done. He's done so many things. He's known as a Swiss army night, but Liverpool, because of all the connections, all the things that he's done. You don't want to be just dismissing that out the club. Yeah, it's the best option possible. Whether that's internal, whether that's external. But again, what we're going to say that was going to happen if 1892 take it over as people say, I don't know, could they change it all?

13:23There's just going to be question marks on this for the next few windows you fancy, isn't there? Keegan there said, I think watermark has done an excellent job for the Ruth Youth recruitment. Absolutely. So leave them there and let me continue their next work. Absolutely. The youth recruitment's been brilliant. That's one of the areas here. Why you want them to stay? We will see what happens on this. Say, time will tell what it might come quite quickly, probably expect an appointment this week in all honesty. But do you remember Friday? Look at that mad smiling poster of Cody Gapold, two little victory against it, switch. Look at this for some pictures just in case you've forgotten one night that was that Gapold to ease that through ball there, followed by the guns. Now he's got two celebrations, Annie. He's got the guns and he's got the thumb backwards. Does wherever he wants to keep scoring and all honesty, but as it says bits of moon, I said, enjoyed that.

14:26Then a second pattern outside of the boat, sorry, pass through. Keep a soul defender, soul, go for an echo. Two now. How good was that in all honesty? Milas Kirk has enjoyed that one. We'll be talking about him as well. Some good defended a clean sheet, praise be to baby Jesus, Moses and all the orphans. Jackie with that crucial block. We'll say got a bit lucky for me and a bit casual, but you can work the out is game. He grown as well at right back. Oh clearance off the line. Mac, even at 2 nearly we disappoint with that header that just kind of limped there. Should have had a pen, should wait until the AR remembered you actually need to check off side. My pick almost leads to God for anyway, oh Bradley by color. Run it down the wing and use the fastest speed in the Premier League this season in a substitute appearance.

15:26How much was there to like from. I'm gonna say Saturday, what's Friday feels like a million years ago, doesn't it? And in case you saw if you want my talking about, as has been reported, Bradley bar color played just 26 minutes in his debut. He already has the highest recorded top speed in the Premier League this season. 22.3 miles an hour. Shit off a shovel as they would say where I am from. Brilliant.