Iraola's Liverpool to-do list: Fix defence, get Isak firing and stop the Anfield boos

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Iraola therefore has plenty to get stuck into between now and the start of the new league season on August 22 - just 33 days after this summer's World Cup final, giving the new Liverpool boss scant time with which to work with his players and implement his ideas.Chief among the problems facing Iraola if he wants to make the fans believers, not doubters, again are the following.... Also See: Iraola comes with a risk for Liverpool - but Slot had to go Liverpool news and transfer latest Liverpool fixtures Stream the Premier League with no contract And when Iraola does finally get to work with his defensive unit at the AXA Training Centre after the World Cup, he will be doing so without Ibrahima Konate as part of his back line following the France central defender's departure from the club on a free transfer.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch Liverpool let in their 53rd and final goal of a disappointing season against Brentford on the last day of the season Jeremy Jacquet, currently sidelined with a shoulder problem, is in line to replace his compatriot as captain Virgil van Dijk's centre-back partner, while Giovanni Leoni will also be competing for that role once he recovers from a long-term ACL injury sustained on his debut last September.Assimilating those two young defenders into a new-look Liverpool defence, while making them less vulnerable at the back, will be one of Iraola's most pressing challenges, although he showed when losing his entire back four and goalkeeper at Bournemouth last summer that he can handle such integration. Image: Iraola will want to keep hold of Alisson at Anfield this summer Whether that is also the case with Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez, however, remains to be seen, with the duo's futures at Anfield in doubt.Jones is wanted by Inter Milan, who tried to sign him in January, and with both players' contracts running out in 12 months' time, the new boss will urgently want to sit down with the Englishmen to gauge their thoughts.Make Anfield rocking again with return to Klopp's chaosWhen Liverpool were booed off by sections of Anfield following insipid draws with struggling Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea towards the end of last season, despite his many protestations to the contrary, the writing seemed very much on the wall for Slot.The home faithful had become bored with what they were being served up to watch, while many had also tired of the Dutchman's varying excuses for his side's struggles, whether that be the opposition's low blocks, or the long-ball tactics increasingly used to try to nullify the then champions.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Iraola dissects the school of football in the Basque Country and discusses how his career has shaped him as a coach in today's footballing world Now all the 43-year-old must do is get his new charges playing the type of "heavy-metal football" Mohamed Salah referenced in his final parting shot at Slot.Get £320m attackers gelling while revitalising fading starsOne way to help them return to the sort of 'front-footed' football that was missing last season would be for Iraola to get Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike to finally gel together.That trio cost the small part of £320.5m as part of the club's record-breaking transfer spend last summer, but due to injury, they were on the pitch together for just 119 minutes. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Speaking on the Transfer Talk Podcast, Henry Winter and Sam Tighe discuss whether Yan Diomande or Bradley Barcola could join Liverpool this summer as a replacement for Mohamed Salah As stated on Slot's exit, "more recruitment is planned this summer", with Jamie Carragher telling Sky Sports his former club needed at least three new signings for next season: "They don't need to bring six or seven players in, because it's more change, but there's three players that need to go right into the team for me."Replace Mo Salah with a right winger, a right-back and a central midfielder, then the players you bought last summer like Ekitike, Isak, Wirtz become better players."Expect Iraola and Liverpool's once-famed recruitment team then to pour over the data together this summer to help produce a much more balanced squad for him work with than they left Slot with last season.