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It was confirmed today that the Basque will take up the helm of the Reds ahead of 2026-27, joining the club following three seasons with AFC Bournemouth.<\/p>\n
A former professional player with more than 500 appearances for Athletic Club, Iraola\u2019s coaching career also included spells at AEK Larnaca, Mirandes and Rayo Vallecano previously.<\/p>\n
He faced Liverpool seven times while in charge of Bournemouth, including a thrilling opening-night match at the start of the past campaign as the Reds won 4-2.<\/p>\n
Iraola told Liverpoolfc.com: \u201cI\u2019ve been the other side \u2013 I still remember the goal (Federico) Chiesa scored at the end of the first game of the season!<\/p>\n
\u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, football is about emotions. About passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m quite cool-headed probably, during my life quite rational, I would say. But it\u2019s true that when the game starts, when you have to celebrate a goal, something is inside, no?<\/p>\n
\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about his ambitions while on Merseyside, he added: \u201cI think Liverpool gives me the chance to coach top players, and top players give you the chance to fight for titles. To win titles.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously when you arrive at a place, you cannot promise everything. You cannot promise<\/em>. But it\u2019s true that I understand where I\u2019m coming and what is expected.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m ready for the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was confirmed today that the Basque will take up the helm of the Reds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}