Liverpool NEED to Sign Araujo PERMANENTLY!

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Dan (0:29)

Hello, thank you so, so much for choosing to watch this clip. It was taken from our final word show after Liverpool beat Brighton 2-0 at Anfield. The rest of the show is available on the Redmen Plus app. Head there now to watch or listen in full. You have for just one pound for your first month, or £34.99 for a whole year. Of course, we have to have a big old chat about Ronald Araujo and whether he's already done enough for Liverpool to sign in permanently at the end of the season. The Ronald Araujo show as this match is now being dubbed, John, and he woke up yesterday and chose violence. It felt like against the ball, anyone who stood in his way from the ball, it felt like he was and we've said it a few times, you know how defensively, you know, resolute and dogged and solid. Liverpool were as a collective yesterday, but he was the absolute main event, the focal point of that one.

John (1:17)

I think in the first half, his attacking play was what was important to him. I mean, he had a really great shot as well, didn't he? But here's a man enjoying his football and, you know, he obviously had a very bad time last year. And suddenly he's probably in love with the game again. And you can see it in his play.

He loves doing everything that he does. I mean, some of those tackles were wild, weren't they?

Dan (1:39)

Wild is the word. Yeah, it's interesting. John raises the point there and uses the word love. Actually, Josh, I think that's a big part of this. But, you know, the cop are in love with him. He's got a growing bond with us now. Anfield is a hole, I should say, really. But yeah, his cult hero status is well and truly confirmed. It's more of a case of what happens next. But in terms of that performance, John rightly mentions is attacking impetus and what he's able to offer in that. He already spoke about how he had major influence on that first goal. He has that shot, which I think comes from a bad touch, actually, initially. But we're not going to speak down about him. But yeah, generally speaking, just absolutely sensational. The commitment, the blocks, the desire, the tackle, the fight, he gets stuck in. It was everything you'd want to see from a lad alone, really.

Josh (2:20)

Yeah, I think he had something like 11 defensive contributions in that game as well. It's just things like that where you know you can rely on him defensively and then he'll bring that attacking game to his repertoire as well.

I don't think he played right back too often for Barcelona. I think he played there a little bit, but I think he's always been a centre back anyway. So the fact that he's able to play right back, offer so much on the ball in such a fast paced league compared to La Liga, has really, really impressed me because I thought he might take a bit of time to warm up. But then the fans got behind him. He's kind of had that moment midweek where he jumps into the crowd and I think he kind of realised the love that he had from the fans and he's taken up momentum and had a really, really good game yesterday.

John (2:59)

It's easy to forget how experienced he is. He's a very, very experienced footballer. You know, Captain Barcelona, if you're not a good footballer.

And we've got the benefit of that, at least for this season.

Dan (3:11)

Yeah, at least for this season. We'll come on to that in a moment. But again, to reiterate, I think it's right that we have all now sort of made mention of the fact that he's just enjoying himself again after a difficult season, where you think he fell out of love with it a touch. But yeah, he's absolutely back in love with the game and showing it. And I use the, it's because it's a fact, but I use the fact that he's a lone player on purpose, John, because the level of commitment, the face first, defensive, that's something you wouldn't really get.