Iraola confirmed as new Liverpool head coach

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After sacking Slot, Liverpool expressed a desire to move back towards attacking, high-energy football which had been absent in the Dutchman's second season and the 43-year-old fits the bill having demonstrated significant progress with the Cherries. Iraola’s style earned plenty of plaudits and Bournemouth’s sixth-placed finish – securing a first European campaign – proved his methods are effective and that success in the Premier League was one of the factors Liverpool took into account, having previously brought in Slot from Dutch football with no background in English football.

Because obviously you know about Liverpool, you know that it’s a big club, a massive club, one of the biggest in the world," he told the club’s website. "But feeling inside and understanding a little bit more of this club, I always thought it’s a special club.

So, really excited to start." The Basque flew into Merseyside on a private jet from San Sebastian in his homeland, visiting the club’s AXA training complex and Anfield before returning on the same plane late in the afternoon. Liverpool are understood to have followed Iraola’s career for more than a decade, having once tried to sign him as a player, and have watched his coaching career develop with a degree of admiration.