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Inside Liverpool’s £200m Transfer Gamble & ‘Pathetic’ Garnacho
Season 1, Ep. 4
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This week on Whistleblowers, Gordon Smart, Mark Clattenburg and Ian Ladyman are joined by Mail Sport’s Merseyside Reporter, Lewis Steele as they unpack Liverpool’s major summer moves — from Florian Wirtz to the growing whispers around a shock bid for Alexander Isak. With Arne Slot’s side get their jewel in the crown?
Plus: Garnacho sparks outrage with that Aston Villa shirt, Clattenburg reveals what really goes on at Euro referee camps (PlayStations, schedules, and Pierluigi Collina flipping out over burgers), and a behind-the-scenes story of Gerrard and Rooney refusing to speak in the tunnel.
Transfers, tantrums, and tunnel tensions — it’s all here.
Hosts: Gordon Smart, Mark Clattenburg and Ian Ladyman
Featuring: Lewis Steele
Producer: Henry Williams
Executive Producer: Jamie East
Researcher: William Colledge
Booker: Ashley Whitt
Video Editor: Luke Shelley
Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini
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