Andoni Iraola has revealed he will prioritise speaking to staff to ensure everything is ready for when Liverpool’s players return for the start of pre-season training.
He told LFCTV: “For me right now, I think it’s more than talk to the players. Some of them will be on deserved holidays, some of them will be with their national teams.
“I want to talk to the staff, to the people that were here every day, that know very well the players, to arrive as ready as possible to that first day of pre-season.
“I think especially with a lot of those young players that will do the pre-season with us, a lot of things about the organisation, about the staff, about how we can create the best atmosphere, the best environment so when they arrive [on] day one, everyone feels everything is in place and we can do this process of adaptation, that it will take some time as soon as possible.
“We are in this process of building the best staff we can. Now for me, the most important thing is to also know and get into a rhythm with the people that were already here working. Sometimes they don’t appear on TV; with all the analysts, the performance guys, all the people that really are in touch with the players every day.
“I think they are going to be very, very valuable for us. It’s true that it’s going to be new staff, new people coming in, but I would like also to value a lot the ones that have been here working for the club with these players, that are really the ones that will help us more at the beginning.”
New Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola(Image: Nikki Dyer – LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)