Iraola on Anfield: “I’ve been the other side – I still remember the goal [Federico] Chiesa scored at the end of the first game of the season!
“We were there with 2-2 thinking that probably we could take something. He scored and the place erupted. It was crazy, no? I want now to feel this from the other side.
“At the beginning when you arrive at any club, I think you need to kind of prove a little bit yourself. You need to earn the right also to belong. I want to do this as quickly as possible so I can also celebrate with them and I can be part properly of those celebrations.
“For me, football is about emotions. About passion.
“I’m quite cool-headed probably, during my life quite rational, I would say. But it’s true that when the game starts, when you have to celebrate a goal, something is inside, no?
“I think this inner energy, you need it as a player, you need it as a supporter, you need it as a coach. No better place than Anfield.”
🚨 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
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... ✨
🚨💣 BREAKING: Liverpool reach agreement in principle to appoint Andoni Iraola as new manager, here we go! 🔴🫱🏻🫲🏼
Exclusive story from Saturday, 100% confirmed: Arne Slot left and Iraola will lead #LFC project, as expected.
Talks advanced over last 48h and deal in place.
🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: ARNE SLOT AND LIVERPOOL TO PART WAYS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. 💣
It’s over between the Dutch manager and Liverpool after end of the season review. 👋🏼
Andoni Iraola, clear favorite to take over as next #LFC head coach.
My thoughts: 🤬
- Sack Slot now.
- Disgusting performance Slotball should be illegal.
- Conceded a club-record 50 goals this season. Worst defensive record of any Liverpool side in a 38-game PL era.
- Same number of defeats as Leeds in 15th.
- Rio Ngumoha was our best player by a mile — criminally underused all season.
- Van Dijk has arguably been our most dangerous attacker this season, says everything.
- Subs were dreadful.
- We create nothing from open play, only set pieces.
- Mamardashvili cannot be our No.1.
- Gakpo as backup striker next season is a joke — he was invisible again.
- Gravenberch has been dreadful and cannot start as our No.6.
- Jones looked totally disinterested — clearly off in the summer.
- Kerkez has gone massively backwards in the second half of the season.
- MacAllister was poor and that dive from Konsa was embarrassing.
- Wirtz has regressed badly under Slot.
Cannot do another season of this. 😢