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- Liverpool FC are negotiating with former AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola to become their new head coach
- The Merseyside club dismissed Arne Slot last weekend after just one season in charge
- Iraola departed Bournemouth at the end of the recent campaign and is now unemployed
- Sporting director Richard Hughes is leading the recruitment drive at Anfield
- The Spanish coach wishes to bring his assistant Tommy Elphick, a lifelong Reds supporter, with him to the club
Liverpool Football Club are conducting advanced discussions with Andoni Iraola regarding their vacant manager position. The Reds removed Arne Slot from his post on Saturday, merely twelve months after the Dutchman secured the Premier League championship for the club.
The Anfield hierarchy are eager to complete this appointment without delay. They seek a leader who will implement aggressive, front-foot tactics on the pitch. Iraola matches this profile exactly.
The forty-three-year-old Spaniard left his previous role at Bournemouth when the season concluded. He has now emerged as the favourite to take charge on Merseyside.
Iraola hopes to recruit his former assistant, Tommy Elphick, to form part of his backroom staff. The thirty-eight-year-old former centre-back, who supports Liverpool, recently rejected the opportunity to manage Bristol City in order to consider other positions. Although the Reds have not yet approached Elphick directly, sources indicate he would welcome such a move.
Richard Hughes, Liverpool’s sporting director, is managing the entire selection process. Hughes worked closely with Iraola during their time together at the Cherries, which may help finalise this deal quickly.