🚨NEW: Etienne Reijnen had already left Feyenoord and was preparing for his move to Liverpool.
However, Arne Slot’s departure has ended those plans, with Feyenoord already filling his former position.
A Liverpool role that ended before it even began.
According to @telegraaf
Bro lost Either half...#LFC
Patrice Evra on Liverpool parting ways with Arne Slot and appointing Andoni Iraola:
🗣️ “First of all, I have respect for Arne Slot because winning trophies is never easy. But Liverpool is a club that doesn't live in the past. At a club that size, people don't ask what you did yesterday.
They ask what you're going to do tomorrow. And I think Liverpool looked at the future and decided they needed fresh energy. When I watch Andoni Iraola, I see a manager with personality.
I see courage. I see a coach who wants his team to attack, press, take risks and entertain. That's the Liverpool way.
Anfield doesn't just want results.
They want intensity. They want passion.
They want a team that makes opponents suffer for 90 minutes. Iraola has shown he can build exactly that.
Now, of course, managing Liverpool is completely different from managing Bournemouth. The pressure is bigger. The expectations are bigger. The spotlight is bigger.
But sometimes the biggest clubs need a manager who is hungry enough to prove himself. And that's what I see in Iraola.
Liverpool haven't appointed a safe option. They've appointed a brave one.
And sometimes bravery is what brings you back to the very top. That's the challenge ahead of him. That's why this appointment is exciting. Now it's time to prove it.”
Iraola on why he signs two year contracts:
“I don’t want to stay at a club just because I have a contract. I want to stay if both sides are happy and want to continue.
“You have to earn the right every season.”
🚨 Andoni Iraola on Mohamed Salah's departure👀
🗣️:The one thing that disappoints me is timing. Managers spend their careers dreaming of coaching players like Mohamed Salah, and just when I arrive, he's already packing his bags.
People talk about his goals and assists, but what impressed me most was his mentality. If I'd had the chance to work with him for even one season, I think we'd both have enjoyed it.
Some players leave a club. Salah leaves a standard that everyone else now has to try and reach. 💔🥹 #LFC
😱 Ibrahima Konate had reportedly been open to joining Chelsea, Manchester United and Bayern Munich before reaching a 'verbal agreement' to sign for Real Madrid after the expiry of his contract at Liverpool
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Liverpool Football Club celebrates its 134th birthday today 🎈
The club officially came into existence on June 3, 1892, after founder John Houlding set about creating a new team on Merseyside that year 🔴
A special story was underway... ✨
🚨 Andoni Iraola to sign a two year deal until June 2028 at Liverpool, already involved in transfer plans and strategy.
Iraola asked for a two year deal as he always did at Bournemouth. 🔴🫱🏻🫲🏼