This week’s guest is Melissa Reddy, Senior Football Writer with the UK Independent. She tells her fascinating story, of how she came to work at Europe’s biggest games having grown up in early post-apartheid South Africa.
There’s also a lot of Liverpool talk, as she has just released a new book delving into how Jurgen Klopp masterminded that long wait for a league title. What is it that makes him special? How does he motivate his players? And does he really have a Brendan Rodgers-style self-portrait?
We also talk about how this season will pan out for Liverpool, and if they will cope without Virgil van Dijk.
Melissa’s picks were: Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby; The work of Hugh McIlvanney; “Man..Superman...Leo Messi” by Sid Lowe for The Guardian
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