Rousing the Kop

Andoni Iraola sounds like he wants a four-man Liverpool attack featuring Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz

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Pick Liverpool’s new front three with Bradley Barcola in it 👇 Who joins the Frenchman in Andoni Iraola's best attack? But while speaking to the press in Chicago on Thursday, Iraola suggested that he is looking at a four-man Liverpool attack featuring Barcola, Wirtz, Isak and a second winger on the right.Iraola has a clear plan for WirtzPerhaps the most baffling addition of the last few transfers windows has been Wirtz, who Slot did not appear to have a clear plan for after his signing last year.The German played much of his football from the left, adding to Liverpool’s lack of pace in the front line.



“I think he’s also suited to our game model. We know that he has played with Germany more on the left sometimes.“But I think we’re going to start working with him in that position behind the striker.”In an ideal world, that striker is obviously Isak, and Iraola also had some promising words about the Swede after his return to training alongside Wirtz this week.“Yeah, Alex, I think he has come in a good place,” he said.

It’s not going to be very long, but he will have three or four weeks of quality training I hope and then we can put him in a good place because he’s going to be massive for us this season.”Wirtz behind Isak was likely Liverpool’s plan all along, and if Iraola can get those two on the pitch together more often than not, the Reds will be much better for it.What about on the wings? The 44-year-old also admitted that he likes to have wingers who can play on both sides of the pitch, highlighting that he hopes to really implement a fluid game state into Liverpool’s game.“Our wingers, I normally used to try to encourage them to have the ability to play both sides,” he said.