Andoni Iraola makes transfer promise to Liverpool fans ahead of the summer window closing
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With barely one week to go in this summer’s transfer window, Liverpool still look far from being ready for the season.The Reds begin their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a tough-looking trip to face Newcastle, and they do so with some significant squad building going on behind the scenes.Liverpool look short in various positions, leading to huge anxiety from supporters who are worried to see a repeat of last season’s struggles. With time rapidly beginning to run out in the window, though, Andoni Iraola has stepped in to assure fans that new arrivals are coming.
Where will Liverpool finish in the Premier League in 2026/27? Give us your expectations for Andoni Iraola's first season at Anfield Credit: Getty Images/Geoff Stellfox Iraola confirms that new faces will arriveIt is hardly a secret that Liverpool are working on things in the transfer market.
They have been trying to sign Bradley Barcola for what feels like months now, while they had a £50m bid rejected for Yankuba Minteh on Thursday.Nevertheless, the closer the deadline gets, the more concerned fans become that nothing will end up happening and deals will have to be abandoned.As a diehard Liverpool supporter, Jamie Carragher shares those worries, and he took the opportunity of meeting Iraola ahead of Sunday’s Premier League kick-off to ask him about the transfer window.READ MORE: Why Liverpool are willing to look beyond Yankuba Minteh’s poor goals and assists recordPhoto by Lars Baron/Getty Images“Can I get an exclusive here that Liverpool will sign a player before the end of the transfer window,” Carragher smiled while walking with Iraola at the AXA Training Centre.“We will definitely sign some players,” Iraola answered, encouragingly.“Some deals you have to wait until the end. But the end is the important picture, the one we will have on September 1, because it is true that we are still quite thin.”This is exactly what fans want to hear from the Basque, who has been consistent right the way through the summer that Liverpool need more than what they have.Hopefully patience will be rewarded with a couple of new signings before the September deadline, but while Iraola is full of promise, a nagging doubt will remain until some deals move a little bit closer.