Andoni Iraola confirms whether Florian Wirtz and Jeremy Jacquet will play for Liverpool vs Leeds after Wrexham win
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Liverpool fans are yet to see any new signings on the pitch after two matches of their pre-season tour in the United States.The summer friendlies are supposed to be for bedding in new arrivals, and for making sure they can hit the ground running by the time the real stuff starts in August.Alexander Isak did not get that chance last summer, and, despite his arrival in Chicago at the weekend, the Swede didn’t make the journey to New York for Thursday morning’s win over Wrexham either. Pick Liverpool’s new front three with Bradley Barcola in it 👇 Who joins the Frenchman in Andoni Iraola's best attack?
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Sarah Stier/FIFA Neither did new signing Jeremy Jacquet, along with Florian Wirtz and Ryan Gravenberch, but after the whistle sounded on a 1-0 win for Liverpool at the Yankee Stadium, Andoni Iraola confirmed that all four are likely to play some kind of part during the Reds’ final match of the tour, against Leeds on Sunday.Liverpool quartet to feature against LeedsThough they only arrived on Sunday, fans in New York would still have been hoping to see Wirtz, Isak and Gravenberch return against Wrexham to give Iraola’s team more of a premium feel.The wiser decision was always to rest them, though, and target Sunday’s game against Leeds instead. Photo by Nick Taylor/Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Liverpool player ratings vs Wrexham as Rio Ngumoha is the match-winner in New York“We’ll see how many minutes they can play, but we have to start very slowly integrating more senior players.
They’ve had less training sessions, but I think they’ll be ready.”Though he did not mention Isak in this instance, it felt more as though Iraola had merely left the No. Isak has been training alongside Wirtz and Gravenberch, and if they are ready, it is very likely that he will be as well.