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Andoni Iraola shares Liverpool fans' transfer frustrations: "We don't have enough wingers"

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Andoni Iraola has echoed the rising anxiety among Liverpool supporters regarding the club’s summer recruitment, admitting the Reds remain dangerously short on wide options ahead of the new campaign.Speaking in the wake of Curtis Jones' departure to Inter Milan, the head coach did not hide his concern over a threadbare frontline, confirming the squad lacks sufficient depth on the flanks while recruitment chiefs continue to prioritise attack-minded targets.While the Premier League returns this weekend, supporters of many clubs up and down the country are perhaps more occupied with transfer news than their teams' actual matches. Speaking to the assembled media ahead of Liverpool's opening weekend Premier League clash with Newcastle United, Andoni Iraola made his feelings abundantly clear: "We don't have enough wingers.



We have to adapt as coaches to this situation. I hate these two weeks.. that we have because there is a lot of uncertainty...

That is massive for me and using the very good players that we have... so we can be competitive from the beginning."Andoni IraolaThe quote to pick out from Iraola's answer is "I hate these two weeks... because there is a lot of uncertainty". The new manager is a coach, first and foremost, so would ideally have liked to spend all pre-season working with a set squad at AXA Training Centre, but certainly has not been able to do so.