Andoni Iraola is reportedly set to officially sign his Liverpool contract today, with the Reds getting very close to announcing a new manager to replace Arne Slott.<\/strong><\/p>\n Iraola is out of contract with Bournemouth and it would be no surprise to see the Spanish tactician move to a bigger club soon after his impressive spell on the south coast.<\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The 2025\/26 season was a difficult one for Liverpool under Slott’s rule, with the club falling to fifth place in the Premier League standings and failing to win a silver medal.<\/p>\n Reds supporters can look forward to a new era under Iraola, as Fabrizio Romano posted the following update on his X account:<\/p>\n “Andoni Iraola has signed a contract with Liverpool today. It has been completed, confirmed and will become official shortly. <\/span> Big news confirmed for Saturday: departure, Iraola will be the next manager,” Romano posted.<\/span><\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Iraola did a very impressive job at Bournemouth and there was a lot of interest in him before Liverpool accelerated their approach after deciding to part ways with Slott.<\/p>\n We have been informed that Iraola is a top target for Chelsea and Manchester United, while there is also genuine interest from Crystal Palace in an ambitious move.<\/p>\n Still, a big move like LFC makes sense for Iraola and it will be interesting to see what kind of impact he can make at Anfield.<\/p>\n The 43-year-old is not going into the easiest situation, with experienced players such as Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and Ibrahima Konate all leaving this summer.<\/p>\n There is no doubt that Iraola will need a lot of help in the transfer market if he is to get Liverpool challenging for the title again, as several other players in the current squad also certainly need replacements.<\/p>\n Virgil van Dijk is aging and past his best, while last summer signings Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Jeremy Frimpong and Milos Kerkes all lacked a significant impact in their first years at the club.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andoni Iraola is set to sign a contract with Liverpool today (Photo by Warren Little\/Getty Images) Andoni Iraola is reportedly set to officially sign his Liverpool contract today, with the Reds getting very close to announcing a new manager to replace Arne Slott. Iraola is out of contract with Bournemouth and it would be no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-48184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Could Andoni Iraola step up as Liverpool manager?<\/h2>\n