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BBC News
24-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Those who knew Jota best need each other' on pre-season tour
The Redmen TV's Dan Clubbe says Liverpool's pre-season tour is crucial to help their players deal with the death Diogo tour of Asia starts with a match in Hong Kong against AC Milan, before they head to Japan to face Yokohama F Marinos next week."Normally the bonding and integration side [of a pre-season tour] is for new players, but this will be different." Clubbe told BBC Radio Merseyside. "I think those who played with Diogo and knew him best will need each other. I think this experience will be good for them."I know Liverpool saw the Preston game as a bit of a 'line in the sand' moment. Diogo will remain a thing and the conversations will continue, but they saw that match as getting back to business."I think this tour will enhance that - they will be rooming together and spending a lot more time in each other's company. There will certainly be moments where they lean on each other and share memories of Diogo."I'm sure it will be sad at times, but these next few days will be crucial for them to reset, remember him in the right way and get back to business."Listen to more about Jota and the pre-season tour on BBC Sounds
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Frimpong is going to be an incredible watch'
Dan Clubbe from Redmen TV says it will be "fascinating" to watch new Liverpool signing Jeremie Frimpong, who he belies has "world-class qualities".Frimpong's arrival was announced just hours after the club confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold would be joining Real Madrid, but the Dutch international will offer a different kind of threat for Arne Slot's side."To replace Alexander-Arnold with another right-back who has caught the eye, garnered attention across Europe and won the Bundesliga as a key part of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen side is a a really shrewd and smart signing," Clubbe said."The release clause is £30m - he's worth double that. You could buy him for £30m and sell him for £60m the next day, that's the quality of footballer we're talking about."He'll be fascinating to watch. He's a right-back in name only really in many aspects. Not many elite teams across Europe play with wing-backs so unless you follow Xabi Alonso round your whole career what are you going to do next? "He wants to be viewed as a right-back but make no mistake he's going to be an incredible watch. He's going to be really fun and exciting because he's got raw pace, he wants to be involved in attacking situations and will play with desire and freedom to get forward. "Trent was different, he played in a standing still position and sprayed passes a lot of the time whereas Frimpong is essentially just a right-sided footballer who can play as a winger. If we don't supplement Mo Salah this summer, he will miss games through AFCON and Frimpong could be very important then."Liverpool have signed someone who may not be in the world-class bracket yet but has world-class qualities."Listen to the full chat on BBC Sounds
