Andoni Iraola has brilliantly outlined why he only signed 2-year deal at Liverpool

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Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola’s two-year deal at Anfield may have surprised some, but he has perfectly explained why it is a short-term contract. Iraola has only joined Liverpool on a two-year deal, however, rather than a more common longer-term contract, raising eyebrows in terms of a potential lack of commitment.

“Yeah, two-year deals, I always say, in terms of coaching, contracts don’t matter a lot,” Iraola said. “I don’t want to be in a place because I have a contract because, ‘Oh, we are not sure, but you have a contract so we stay.’ No, it’s like, ‘OK, I think I signed two years, but it’s basically year to year.’ “When you are a coach, we’ve seen a lot of managers, they have long contracts and because the club doesn’t want, because they don’t want… because in the end, when you are a player it is very important, I think the contract is very important.

“But when you are a manager [it is not]… don’t worry, I hope I can stay here two years – no, a lot more years, it would mean that I’ve done a very good job, but I feel we have to earn [that]. I’ve done it always like this, yes.” Andoni Iraola: Liverpool’s next great boss?