Andoni Iraola
Andoni Iraola is a football manager who was a target for Crystal Palace.
Notable Quotes
"I want to give Liverpool fans 'a team they can be proud of' and that he is ready for the responsibility of such a high-profile job."View Story →
"I think football and especially Liverpool is about connecting - connecting with the people, connecting with our supporters."View Story →
"I'm ready for it. I understand this is a massive club."View Story →
"I think Alexis has been one of the best players at the club for the last few years, and he has had a very good World Cup, so it is normal that other clubs want our best players."View Story →
"I'm very happy with the situation we have right now in the goalkeeping area."View Story →
"I think it's a situation that is tricky, because we trust Conor in the long term, we know we want him to be our right-back but right now he is still, I would say, a little bit far from returning."View Story →
"It happened quite fast."View Story →
"Probably the worst news has been straight away the injury of Joe. We were happy because we were going through training without losing any players and unluckily for us we've lost Joe straight away."View Story →
"With Jeremy we decided to take it easy with him. He's had a lot of months without playing and he's been training very well but we're going to take it easy with him."View Story →
"Joe has a muscle injury. It was quite clear since he complained straight away so he will be some weeks off."View Story →
"I particularly hate this month of August because you start the competitions and you still don't know if some of the players are going to leave and who's going to come - there is a lot of uncertainty."View Story →
"I think we learn a lot of things. Obviously it's not the result you want but I think (it was) probably the most useful friendly we played – in a positive way in the first half and in a negative way in the second half."View Story →
"We probably don't have much more, in terms of the levels required to play like this."View Story →
"I use a lot of exercises from Marcelo that I learned from him, especially with the ball."View Story →
"I'm very happy for the players, in this kind of big game you have to rise to the occasion."View Story →
"Andoni Iraola registered his third Premier League win over Arteta."View Story →
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July 27, 2026Gomez injury overshadows winning start for Iraola
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July 26, 2026Iraola in talks with clubs before Liverpool move
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