I think I now prefer:
Barcola - Wirtz - Szobo
Barcola = more goals, Szobo platformed in his original Leipzig position, Wirtz at the ten emulating the second striker vibes of an Iraola system.
Liverpool are increasingly confident of confirming Andoni Iraola as their new boss before the weekend, with sources indicating to @TEAMtalk that the club have been left in little doubt that appointing the Spaniard to replace Arne Slot is the right call.
https://t.co/M0EI3MDHly
@Val0nz0M0urning Yeah this is also something I've thought of for playing Ekitike and Isak together in the future. There's a lot of paths to go down. I do wonder if Ekitike's injury + Iraola's preference pushes us to stick with the 4231 tho. We just need to wait a bit and it'll all come clear ig
@SRJUDN The only thing I can think is that he's got a taste for senior football and starting games, and has no interest in being a third or fourth choice in multiple positions for us. Which, tbf, I respect.
He has a point, Slot deserved to leave in a much more dignified way than a Fabrizio Romano here we go an hour before the clubs official statement. Was very poor that, albeit it was probably his own representatives who leaked the information. https://t.co/rPgJxAjw9m
Not saying theres a problem with this from Slot, not at all - it was an agreed contract.
BUT, it really puts into perspective what a perfect psycho Iraola is for us with how he sees his own contracts and the reasoning behind his short deals.
π₯| @telegraaf: Arne Slot will receive β¬8m [Β£6.91m] after being sacked by Liverpool.
His agent, Rafaela Pimenta, is trying to "extract everything possible".
π₯| @telegraaf: Etienne Reijnen had quit his job at Feyenoord and had "packed his bags" in the Netherlands to move to Liverpool.
However, with Slot's sacking, he will not be moving to Anfield and Feyenoord have now filled his position. He is "done before he could even start".
@SRJUDN Really would've liked to at least see him have another pre season with us, let Iraola run the rule over him. Always did well under Slot previous summers. Could've been a useful squad option.
@TheIraolaEra That's the other way to do a similar idea yeah, but with Iraola I'm much less worried about Wirtz 10 + two wingers.
Doing it 'our way' does solve the issue of needIng to do too much transfer wise tho.