Andoni Iraola sent subtle message to Richard Hughes immediately after Leeds collapse

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ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYGoals from Luke Chambers and Florian Wirtz saw the Reds take a commanding lead against Daniel Farke’s men in Chicago.However, following a host of second-half changes – with the very impressive Trey Nyoni substituted – the Merseysiders struggled to maintain their early superiority, shipping four goals in 25 minutes.Andoni Iraola sends subtle message to Richard HughesThere’s a message there, you’d think, for Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes, and our recruitment team.“Not the result we wanted but probably the most useful friendly we played,” the Basque told LFCTV.“In a positive way in the first half and in a negative way in the second half. We can take good conclusions and solve some things.“We want to get ready for the start of the season – that is when people want to see us play well and get results.”Certainly, it felt like the former Bournemouth boss was again reiterating the club’s need for reinforcements with the window after a poor second-half showing exposed the limitations of the squad.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage?

Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustYes, of course, it’s worth bearing in mind that we’ll have a number of important first-XI stars to welcome back in the near future, including Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister and Alisson Becker.But it would be incredibly naive to assume that these options will be enough to inspire confidence from the fanbase in our potential fortunes this coming term.What on earth are Hughes and Liverpool’s recruitment team doing?We have to admit that faith in recruitment is starting to dwindle somewhat.It has now been 46 days (and counting) since Liverpool completed the signing of Victor Munoz from Osasuna. And, really, if we’re not counting the addition of Jeremy Jacquet (who was signed in January), we’ve only made one addition to the squad all summer.Given the scale of business that clearly needs to be done, that’s absolutely appalling.Even more worryingly, we’ve had reports from reliable sources like Fabrizio Romano indicating that our talks with PSG for Bradley Barcola could go down to the wire.“Barcola is more than open to joining the Liverpool project.

So negotiations are going to take place for Barcola, but don’t forget that the player wants to go to Liverpool, and Liverpool consider Barcola their top, top target.”Listen, that’s all and well and good if you’re also simultaneously working to complete other deals. But if the Barcola deal is going to impact every other piece of business we hope to conduct this summer – as we very much suspect is the case – then it seems Liverpool are risking going into the new season with a bare-bones squad.READ MORE: Bradley Barcola just got closer to Liverpool transfer after seismic Friday updateIf that’s seriously the plan, Liverpool need to reevaluate things in the market – and quickly.