Tag: Andoni

Florian Wirtz delivers for Liverpool – but is playmaker Andoni Iraola’s great conundrum?
17 October 2026 Off

Florian Wirtz delivers for Liverpool – but is playmaker Andoni Iraola’s great conundrum?

By Total Football News

Wirtz’s strengths are clear.

Following his latest performance, no player has created more chances in the Premier League this season. He is level with Brighton‘s Pascal Gross on 18.

He played in Munoz to begin Liverpool‘s fightback, meaning Wirtz has assisted in back-to-back games for Liverpool across all competitions for the first time – although this was only his second goal involvement in seven league games this term.

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Liverpool academy: Working with Andoni Iraola and the future of the Reds’ youth set-up
8 October 2026 Off

Liverpool academy: Working with Andoni Iraola and the future of the Reds’ youth set-up

By Total Football News

One of the first things you notice in Alex Inglethorpe’s office at Liverpool‘s AXA Training Centre is a framed image gifted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

It is a picture from 2019 of the academy director and player watching a game together. Alexander-Arnold left for a new challenge at Real Madrid last year, after 20 years on Merseyside, but his story is one of inspiration for everyone that enters Liverpool‘s

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Solid Liverpool defence ensures Andoni Iraola’s winning return to Bournemouth
20 September 2026 Off

Solid Liverpool defence ensures Andoni Iraola’s winning return to Bournemouth

By Total Football News

Iraola was business-like on his return to Bournemouth, saying pre-match the time for talks would be after the game.

He cut a frustrated figure for much of the match as Liverpool struggled to get a hold on the game but they improved after the break and deserved the win, according to Iraola, who held true to his word.

After his post-match news conference, Iraola spent time talking about San

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Liverpool: How Andoni Iraola is moving Reds on from Arne Slot era
18 September 2026 Off

Liverpool: How Andoni Iraola is moving Reds on from Arne Slot era

By Total Football News

Iraola’s preference is to name the team on the morning of the game and he saves the post-match debrief with his players for the day after the match.

There is a sense of pragmatism with his media interactions, too, after a situation where his comments to LFC TV following a pre-season friendly against Monaco were widely reported.

Iraola conceded Liverpool had run out of steam after 30 minutes and did

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Premier League press conferences: Michael Carrick & Andoni Iraola to speak soon
18 September 2026 Off

Premier League press conferences: Michael Carrick & Andoni Iraola to speak soon

By Total Football News

Spurs searching for their spark

Tottenham v Aston Villa (Sat, 12:30 BST)

In the wake of their Carabao Cup exit to Liverpool, Tottenham boss Roberto de Zerbi
said his side have to find “La Scintilla” (the spark) to kick start their season and finally
score some goals.

This is the first time in the club’s 144-year history that they have failed to score in

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Liverpool: Andoni Iraola happy with signings as Bradley Barcola set to make debut
3 September 2026 Off

Liverpool: Andoni Iraola happy with signings as Bradley Barcola set to make debut

By Total Football News

Andoni Iraola says he is “very happy” with all of Liverpool‘s signings since his arrival and that it is down to him to “develop” the squad.

Liverpool had four major incomings this summer, including the £123m purchase of Bradley Barcola from Paris St-Germain.

Barcola will be available for selection for Liverpool‘s Premier League game against Ipswich Town on Friday.

The Reds opted against strengthening at right-back and in

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Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest: Andoni Iraola frustrated by long wait to make substitutions
29 August 2026 Off

Liverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest: Andoni Iraola frustrated by long wait to make substitutions

By Total Football News

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola says he was angry about being prevented from making a triple substitution sooner during Saturday’s 2-2 Premier League draw against Nottingham Forest.

With the game level at 1-1 during the second half at Anfield, the Basque wanted to bring on Ryan Gravenberch, Kostas Tsimikas and Rio Ngumoha.

However, despite the ball going out of play three times, the players were left waiting on the sideline

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Alexander Isak: Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola must get best out of striker
29 August 2026 Off

Alexander Isak: Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola must get best out of striker

By Total Football News

Liverpool‘s first two games of the season have finished 2-2 despite Iraola’s side enjoying 60% of possession against Newcastle last week and 70% against Forest.

In both games, they have found themselves trailing and are yet to be ahead in the Premier League this season.

That has inevitably made things trickier for Isak, who was such a force in a counter-attacking Newcastle side. Against low blocks, the proposition is

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Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Relief for Andoni Iraola but Reds have work to do
24 August 2026 Off

Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Relief for Andoni Iraola but Reds have work to do

By Total Football News

This remains a Liverpool side offering more questions than answers.

One significant question is the Cody Gakpo conundrum, which will roll into the final week of the transfer window.

If Liverpool do bring in two more attacking players then Gakpo may leave.

The club have been linked with Paris St-Germain’s Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye and have had two bids rejected for Brighton‘s Yankuba Minteh.

Yet Dutchman Gakpo was

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Liverpool: Andoni Iraola has plenty to ponder after tale of two halves in Leeds friendly
3 August 2026 Off

Liverpool: Andoni Iraola has plenty to ponder after tale of two halves in Leeds friendly

By Total Football News

On the flight home from Chicago, as he reflects on the 4-2 loss to Leeds that ended Liverpool‘s United States tour, manager Andoni Iraola will have plenty to think about.

The first-half display was arguably the best since the Spaniard took charge, but the second was categorically their worst as they conceded four times without reply inside 25 minutes.

Iraola did make a raft of changes at the break

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