Liverpool to open formal talks with Iraola
Summary
Liverpool Football Club will begin formal talks this week with Andoni Iraola to become their new head coach. The club recently dismissed Arne Slot after one season and hopes to appoint Iraola, who led Bournemouth to their best season, as the next manager.Key Facts
- Liverpool sacked head coach Arne Slot a year after he won the Premier League title with the club.
- Andoni Iraola, Bournemouth’s manager, is the leading candidate to become Liverpool’s new head coach.
- Iraola helped Bournemouth finish sixth in the Premier League, qualifying them for the Europa League.
- Iraola announced in April he would leave Bournemouth this summer and has also been linked to Crystal Palace and AC Milan.
- Liverpool’s sporting director Richard Hughes previously worked with Iraola at Bournemouth.
- Liverpool qualified for next season’s Champions League despite finishing with their lowest points total since 2015-16.
- Liverpool spent £415 million last summer on six players, including a record £125 million signing of Alexander Isak.
- Iraola is a former Spanish right-back who began managing in Cyprus before working in Spain and then Bournemouth.
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