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Liverpool: Centre-back situation and why Andoni Iraola must act to bring in experience
27 July 2026 Off

Liverpool: Centre-back situation and why Andoni Iraola must act to bring in experience

By Total Football News

Two centre-backs caught the eye of Liverpool‘s scouting department at the U17 World Cup in Qatar last November.

Within weeks, the club spent a combined £3.5m on the pair: Senegal’s Mor Talla Ndiaye and Austria’s Ifeanyi Ndukwe.

Under Matt Newberry, Liverpool‘s head of global talent, this was evidence of future planning in full flow.

Yet surely no-one inside the club would have expected the teenage duo to be

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Liverpool: Joe Gomez injury overshadows winning start for Andoni Iraola
26 July 2026 Off

Liverpool: Joe Gomez injury overshadows winning start for Andoni Iraola

By Total Football News

On Friday evening, some of the Liverpool squad took the short walk from their hotel in downtown Nashville to Broadway – the famous entertainment district here in the state of Tennessee.

Szoboszlai, who was among that group, certainly took some inspiration. Wearing the armband after coming on at half-time and picking up from exactly where he left off last season, the Hungarian scored a belter from outside the box to

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Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland: Andoni Iraola makes winning start to life as Reds head coach | Football News
26 July 2026 Off

Liverpool 4-2 Sunderland: Andoni Iraola makes winning start to life as Reds head coach | Football News

By Total Football News

Andoni Iraola won his first match in charge of Liverpool as his new side produced an impressive display to beat Sunderland 4-2 in their opening game of their summer tour of the US.

Iraola, who replaced Arne Slot at Anfield in June, will have been delighted with some of the football Liverpool produced in the Nashville heat, especially a fine team move that led to the opening goal for young

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Liverpool transfer news: Andoni Iraola wants Alexis Mac Allister and Alisson to stay at Anfield
21 July 2026 Off

Liverpool transfer news: Andoni Iraola wants Alexis Mac Allister and Alisson to stay at Anfield

By Total Football News

Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola wants midfielder Alexis Mac Allister and goalkeeper Alisson to remain at the club.

Argentina international Mac Allister has two years left on the five-year contract he signed at Liverpool when he joined the Reds in 2023.

The 27-year-old has yet to begin talks over a new deal, which has prompted speculation he could leave Anfield this summer.

However, Iraola told a news conference in Chicago at

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Andoni Iraola: Inside Liverpool manager’s first week and the big decisions he faces
18 July 2026 Off

Andoni Iraola: Inside Liverpool manager’s first week and the big decisions he faces

By Total Football News

At the Kirkby training base, the players spent the first couple of days undergoing the usual individual tests before getting on the pitch with the ball on Thursday and Friday.

Iraola is heavily involved in these sessions and often says “bravo” when he sees something he likes. The intensity is evident to see, particularly in the training videos uploaded by Liverpool‘s official channels.

Iraola and his coaching staff spend

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Tottenham’s manager candidates: Andoni Iraola, Thomas Frank, Marco Silva, Edin Terzic, Mauricio Pochettino
6 June 2025 Off

Tottenham’s manager candidates: Andoni Iraola, Thomas Frank, Marco Silva, Edin Terzic, Mauricio Pochettino

By Total Football News

Leading contender Frank, 51, has been in charge of Brentford for more than six years, and what a job he has done.

He took them into the Premier League, winning the Championship play-off final at Wembley in 2021, and has established the Bees as a top-flight club.

Brentford finished 10th in the Premier League this season, seven places and 18 points above Spurs, so would he be tempted?

In January,

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Andoni Iraola: Bournemouth owner Bill Foley set to visit England to open talks with boss over new contract
15 April 2025 Off

Andoni Iraola: Bournemouth owner Bill Foley set to visit England to open talks with boss over new contract

By Total Football News

Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is scheduled to fly to England this week, with the club intending to open formal talks with boss Andoni Iraola over a new contract.

Sources close to the club have indicated that, barring a last-minute change, American businessman Foley will arrive in time to attend Saturday’s Premier League match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Foley will then stay in the UK to officially open Bournemouth’s

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Andoni Iraola: Bournemouth boss signs 12-month contract extension
13 May 2024 0

Andoni Iraola: Bournemouth boss signs 12-month contract extension

By Total Football News

Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola has signed a 12-month contract extension to stay at the club until at least the end of the 2025-26 season.

Iraola, 41, joined the Cherries on a two-year deal in June 2023 and, after a slow start, has led the club to their highest points total in the Premier League during his first campaign in charge.

Bournemouth are 11th in the table on 48 points

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