'Obvious' areas for Liverpool to strengthen - Iraola

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'Obvious' areas for Liverpool to strengthen in the transfer market - Andoni Iraola Updated / Wednesday, 22 Jul 2026 07:33 Getty New Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola was speaking in Chicago Liverpool have a few areas that need to be strengthened in the transfer market after losing key players and suffering injury setbacks, the Premier League club's manager ⁠Andoni Iraola said. "I think it's difficult to say a number (of players needed) when the market is open, and you have to be always open to new options to improve the squad," the Spaniard told reporters in Chicago on Tuesday.

"There are obvious ‌situations that we know ⁠where we need to sign players. "But there are other situations that we will have to analyse what the market gives you, what's the cost, how we also see the players we have.

We have some ‌tricky positions where we have injured players that we trust but is still not the ideal situation." Salah, Konate and ⁠Robertson's departures have also left Liverpool with a dearth of experience in ‌their squad. And I'm sure we will have this help, yes." Liverpool begin their pre-season preparations with a match against Sunderland in Nashville on Saturday, before taking on Wrexham, Leeds United, AS Monaco and Como.