The Anfield Wrap

Fresh from another positive preseason performance having dispatched Napoli with aplomb by five goals to nil Neil Atkinson is joined for this weeks big show by Ian Salmon, Ian Ryan and John Gibbons for our first ever live streamed podcast...

A summation of the summer and a look ahead to Napoli and a chat about the evolution of the LFC pre-season fanpark.  Neil Atkinson is joined by John Gibbons, Ste Browne and Dan Morgan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the full room, it's top of the tower. The Rider at its best. Looking back on the United States, looking back on Pride weekend, going through the business that needs to be got through. AND NEW ROBYN! That's right. We are backing Robyn without even having heard it. That's the faith The Rider has in the situation. Mamma Mia. Here we go again. Neil Atkinson hosts - John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia do the business...

This week's Anfield Wrap takes stock of where Liverpool are at this stage of the preseason.  They have bounced through the American tour and enjoyed themselves as they go about their business. Both Sadio Mane and Mo Salah have returned from their summers looking sharp. Daniel Sturridge is still grabbing people's attention and Xherdan Shaqiri did very well on his first start...

Liverpool's preseason continues apace and now the first game is very much on the horizon. Liverpool face West Ham in less than three weeks. The Anfield Wrap takes stock on Citytalk this week about where those preparations are up to. Both Mo Salah and Sadio Mane have returned to the fold and both looked very sharp against a young Manchester City. We have a clip from our interview with Jürgen Klopp. That talk was fascinating is available in full through our subscription service...

The Rider this week sees Neil Atkinson, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia joined by Joe Connolly to talk about his Port Sunlight life. This mostly consists of tutting at strangers who do not pass Port Sunlight muster and arguing the area is becoming gentrified. They have a Vietnamese don't you know. What else? Well Neil is about to go away (which is real time means he has gone away) to the United States so there is a chat about that. Gig of the week is back, the banger is in there...

Liverpool fan and WWE superstar Zack Gibson joins Andy Heaton and Neil Docking to talk about his journey so far - including his recent WWE UK Championship Tour success - his first memories of being a Red, how he keeps up with Jürgen Klopp's side on the road and what he hopes the future holds for his career in professional wrestling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liverpool are in America and so are The Anfield Wrap. Neil Atkinson is joined by Gareth Roberts, John Gibbons and Craig Hannan to discuss Liverpool's defeat to Borussia Dortmund in North Carolina . We also have exclusive audio with Jurgen Klopp and some of the squad after the game.  The Anfield Wrap are covering all three Liverpool games from the USA as part of the International Champions Cup. Share the experience with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the eve of Liverpool's American tour there is the good news about Alisson joining the club for a World Record fee. What this means for the club is thoroughly dissected by John Gibbons and Paul Cope.  John and Paul though also reflect on the news around Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and his injury woes. They look at what our rivals have been up to so far.  Also on the show is Ian Salmon talking about the second run of his acclaimed play Those Two Weeks...

There is some anger on The Rider about the general state of things, there is lots of news of lovely weekends filled with Stephanie Heneghan cameos, there is the eight great songs.  There is also the fact that we are all together. These times seem rarer and rarer and so they must be enjoyed. Neil Atkinson hosting with John Gibbons, Stephanie Heneghan and Adam Melia in the house...