Redknapp: Player power contributed to Slot exit, but Iraola can handle pressure

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Also See: Liverpool news and transfer latest Stream the Premier League with no contract Download the Sky Sports App Get Sky Sports on WhatsApp Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Andoni Iraola dissects the school of football in the Basque Country and discusses how his career has shaped him as a coach "They want to see people with high energy, whether that fits the Liverpool mould, because they'll play man for man a lot. Everybody is going to have to run in that team."There's talk that he doesn't like to talk to his players too much - if you're not in the team, he doesn't want to talk to you."That won't appeal to a lot of the players, but, in this day and age, a lot of players go straight to the chairman or the director of football anyway."But he sets his stall out early - if you're in the team, he tells you a couple of hours beforehand."What will be the question now, going from Bournemouth to Liverpool, is how do you handle that transition?

A bit of player power, speaking to the owners, speaking to the people in charge and they will have said their piece - they're not really enjoying the football, maybe feeling Slot isn't the guy to take them forward."You have to be very careful listening to the players too much because a lot of them have their own motives at heart and they're not thinking about what's best for the team."But we've got to this point now and it's a case of 'okay, what happens next?'."Merson: Slot deserved another year; Iraola will have to adjust Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Paul Merson reacts to Slot's sacking and thinks he should have been given more time to turn around their fortunes, while also revealing how he thinks Iraola would get on if he is given the job Sky Sports' Paul Merson on Liverpool's decision to sack Slot:"I'm quite shocked, especially because Xabi Alonso has gone to Chelsea, which made me think that Arne Slot was staying for another six months at least."But now he's out and I find that strange."I thought he should have got another year for what he did in his first season. We do know he has one year left on his contract."I do find it fascinating that Liverpool have sacked Arne Slot today.

Well, it seems that that is a feeling within Liverpool, that it's a style of play issue."The belief is that a different profile of head coach is needed to bring out what Liverpool fans would appreciate more as their style of play, the kind of football that we saw under Jurgen Klopp."There are all kinds of tie-ins with Richard Hughes being at Liverpool."We broke the news the other day that Iraola would like to hold out for the Liverpool job. I would argue it's a big jump going from manager of Bournemouth to Liverpool, certainly even bigger than going from Feyenoord to Liverpool, but at the same time, the style of play is something that Liverpool fans would definitely relate to."I think everyone's been impressed by what he's done at Bournemouth and the style of play that he's been able to implement there."In terms of that and emotionally as well, I think he would get Liverpool fans, Liverpool fans would get him."I think it's pretty easy to put him at the top of the list at the moment but I would imagine as well that Liverpool are going through a pretty thorough process at the same time."