A look at the possible issues surrounding the fixture…
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00:00 Liverpool's potential Europa League final is in Dublin, a close city and place to Liverpool.
00:12 If they are to get there, there could be some concerns about the amount of fans that turn up. It depends who they play as well. They could face Rangers, West Ham for example. What's the latest? How concerned could authorities be that this could get overrun and overcrowded with people?
00:33 First of all, Liverpool have got to get there. Let's be frank, they've got Atalanta in the quarter-finals and they've still got to win four more games potentially to get there. Not to get it carried away too late, but you've got to plan for these events of course. When you're so close, Liverpool fans will be looking at it.
00:52 It could be a real hectic one in Dublin as you say. It's a literally 40-minute flight from Liverpool, people do it in a day and back already. At the weekend, never mind. So you imagine there will be quite a lot of fans going over.
01:13 You look at the amount of fans that went over to Paris for the Champions League final who didn't have a ticket. Dublin's completely different isn't it? It's pretty much on your own doorstep. Very similar culture. A lot of Irish in Liverpool and a lot of Liverpool fans who are in Dublin who are going to be turning out in the droves themselves.
01:34 They're going to probably enjoy the events of Liverpool away to get there. As you say, the authorities are probably looking at this thinking we need to plan ahead here. I think Croke Park, the GAA arena has been earmarked as a potential fan zone. It's been said that if Rangers get there as well, then it might not even be big enough for that.
01:57 It's one that the authorities in Ireland are going to have to look at. The club are going to have to work with them as well to plan it. It would be memorable, wouldn't it? Liverpool have had some immense finals away trips with Istanbul and Rome when they got there the first time.
02:20 The fact that it's just a stone's throw away. People would be probably flying to everywhere in Ireland to get there, to Belfast, to Nott on the other side, to Cork and coming up them ways, getting the ferry, getting the planes. It would be incredible to see how many Liverpool fans would be there.
02:39 Considering they'd probably be getting a share of maybe 15,000-ish tickets for the stadium that holds 50,000 maybe. The UEFA don't give the full capacity away. It would be one for the authorities to look at. As I say, Liverpool have got to get there first. There's nothing wrong with a little bit of planning either because you have got to do these things.