4 players have Liverpool advantage as Andoni Iraola makes 'new signings' claim

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Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola will get to work with his new players after a summer break, with plenty of them needing a fresh slate after a difficult previous seasonAndoni Iraola during a Bournemouth training session.(Image: Robin Jones - AFC Bournemouth via Getty Images)After a difficult season for Liverpool, this summer was always going to require a reset, and with Andoni Iraola taking over, there is an even clearer line to draw between one era and the next.Arne Slot was dismissed just over a week ago, with Iraola swiftly installed as his successor. But right now, for me the thing is to value especially the players that we have right now in the squad."For me, and I will tell them, they are all new signings.

I think we have a lot of quality in our squad, and I'm really looking forward to working with them."Who, then, needs to make a good impression early on under Iraola, and who is best placed to do so?In his debut season at Liverpool, Jeremie Frimpong didn't look defensive enough to be a right-back, nor attacking enough to be a right winger. Under Iraola, his exact role moving forward will need to be worked out.Andoni Iraola has taken charge of Liverpool(Image: Andrew Powell, Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Frimpong was a wing-back under Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, but that isn't a position that Liverpool uses.

There is a decision to be made, though, and the extra time to work with his new boss might change things.Last season's Player of the Year, Dominik Szoboszlai, is another whose contract situation needs to be addressed at some point, though there is much less urgency there — he still has two years remaining on his existing deal.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. For the former Newcastle man, this summer is about gaining match fitness rather than learning his role.More than anyone else, Isak can be like a 'new signing' for Liverpool next season, given we already know his quality, he is Premier League proven, and he played so little last term.But for him and a few others, the chance for a clean break after a difficult period simply has to be grasped with both hands.