New Liverpool boss Iraola says club need more signings ahead of new season

New Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said he was impatient to sign more new players as the Premier League side set out to improve on last season’s campaign. Liverpool, who finished fifth last season, have so far signed center-back Jeremy Jacquet from Stade Rennais and winger Victor Munoz from Osasuna ahead of the 2026-27 season.
“Obviously, we have signed two players already but we need more players.

We know this. The club is working on this,” Iraola said at his first press conference as manager on Monday.
“Me, as a coach, selfishly, we want the players here from day one ‌to train ‌from pre-season.

But we know football doesn’t work like this. ‌The ⁠club is working ⁠hard to get those signings.”
Life without Salah
The Spaniard, who joined Liverpool in June after Dutchman Arne Slot was sacked, faces the challenge of reviving the side’s fortunes while also having to cope without Mo Salah, their primary source of goals for much of the past decade.
He also acknowledged that he would have to find solutions to coping with the long-term injuries to Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni.
A former Spain international who played ⁠for Athletic Bilbao between 2003 and 2015, Iraola took charge ‌of Bournemouth in 2023 and last season guided them ‌to sixth place in the Premier League and into the Europa League.
At the south-coast club, ‌he garnered praise for implementing a high-pressing, progressive style of football, centered on attacking ‌swiftly.
Iraola, 44, said he might have to adapt some aspects of his approach in his new role, the highest-profile job of his managerial career, after speaking with the Liverpool players and staff about what had worked well in the past for them and what could be improved.
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