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Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has discussed the potential transfer incomings of Paris Saint Germain duo Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye as well as the departure of Curtis Jones..
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00:18 Iraola on first game I feel excited. I can feel the atmosphere with the players, you can tell this week is a little bit different. We will feel the pressure on Sunday and that is what we like
00:56 on his team - Iraola: I want us to be a really good team, use the good players I have in the best way so they give us the best chance to do something
2:05 Iraola on Mbaye and Barcola and jones departure : We can't speak about players who aren't ours. With Curtis he is still officially our player, it's an ongoing situation. I value him a lot as a player and he loves this club but I understood the outcome would probably be what it has been in the end
2:30 Iraola: We need wingers, but we have to be open-minded in the market to see situations that would be good for our team. It's about improving our squad. To improve our players you have to have very high quality players
3:37 Iraola: Cody has been very good from the first day of training that he understands what we want in his position, he has been one of our best players in the friendlies
4:16: on Newcastle: we knew him from before you analyse everything we don’t have many friendlies compared to Newcastle. They’re a physical team
5:33!Iraola on Isak: First game of the season, everyone is going to be very motivated and he will be the same
6:00 Iraola on departures: We lost a lot in terms of experience and high level players. But it's a natural thing. We have a lot of young players willing to take those minutes and players willing to take leadership roles. Always pre-season is easy for the manager as there are less complaints about minutes. But everybody has been ready to understand what we want from them
6:56 Iraola anything suprised you as manager?: A lot of things surprise you about how big this club is, but I knew that before I was coming
7:40 Iraola on how he wants team to play : If you ask a lot of the new managers the same question, probably not 100% but I'm happy in terms of where we are. We are at a level where we can compete and win games. We need to improve definitely and we will improve. There are always processes. We are in a good place
8:50 Iraola on Isak some more: He played a very good World Cup and I want to keep him at his level for as long as possible. My instructions with him are more about when we are without the ball. I'm not focused on him in terms of goals, but he's a striker so he'll want to score
10:06 Iraola on analysis: There have been a lot of managerial changes and we are facing a lot of new managers. It's an extra part of the job to analyse how they played at various clubs. We are getting to know our analysts, the things I like
11:56 Iraola on Jones: Curtis is a very, very good player, but I understood his situation straight away when he spoke to me. He was coming from several years in the same situation
12:26 On Nyoni stepping up: "I am very happy with Trey."
14:00Iraola on vice-captaincy: Yes, we took a decision. Captain will be Virgil, then it will be Alisson, Joe Gomez and Dom Szoboszlai. But I explained to Alisson it's not going to be possible that he wears the armband because of the new rules there is a big limitation if the keeper wears armband
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Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has discussed the potential transfer incomings of Paris Saint Germain duo Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye as well as the departure of Curtis Jones..
00:00 INTRO
00:18 Iraola on first game I feel excited. I can feel the atmosphere with the players, you can tell this week is a little bit different. We will feel the pressure on Sunday and that is what we like
00:56 on his team - Iraola: I want us to be a really good team, use the good players I have in the best way so they give us the best chance to do something
2:05 Iraola on Mbaye and Barcola and jones departure : We can't speak about players who aren't ours. With Curtis he is still officially our player, it's an ongoing situation. I value him a lot as a player and he loves this club but I understood the outcome would probably be what it has been in the end
2:30 Iraola: We need wingers, but we have to be open-minded in the market to see situations that would be good for our team. It's about improving our squad. To improve our players you have to have very high quality players
3:37 Iraola: Cody has been very good from the first day of training that he understands what we want in his position, he has been one of our best players in the friendlies
4:16: on Newcastle: we knew him from before you analyse everything we don’t have many friendlies compared to Newcastle. They’re a physical team
5:33!Iraola on Isak: First game of the season, everyone is going to be very motivated and he will be the same
6:00 Iraola on departures: We lost a lot in terms of experience and high level players. But it's a natural thing. We have a lot of young players willing to take those minutes and players willing to take leadership roles. Always pre-season is easy for the manager as there are less complaints about minutes. But everybody has been ready to understand what we want from them
6:56 Iraola anything suprised you as manager?: A lot of things surprise you about how big this club is, but I knew that before I was coming
7:40 Iraola on how he wants team to play : If you ask a lot of the new managers the same question, probably not 100% but I'm happy in terms of where we are. We are at a level where we can compete and win games. We need to improve definitely and we will improve. There are always processes. We are in a good place
8:50 Iraola on Isak some more: He played a very good World Cup and I want to keep him at his level for as long as possible. My instructions with him are more about when we are without the ball. I'm not focused on him in terms of goals, but he's a striker so he'll want to score
10:06 Iraola on analysis: There have been a lot of managerial changes and we are facing a lot of new managers. It's an extra part of the job to analyse how they played at various clubs. We are getting to know our analysts, the things I like
11:56 Iraola on Jones: Curtis is a very, very good player, but I understood his situation straight away when he spoke to me. He was coming from several years in the same situation
12:26 On Nyoni stepping up: "I am very happy with Trey."
14:00Iraola on vice-captaincy: Yes, we took a decision. Captain will be Virgil, then it will be Alisson, Joe Gomez and Dom Szoboszlai. But I explained to Alisson it's not going to be possible that he wears the armband because of the new rules there is a big limitation if the keeper wears armband
15:21 END
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