Andoni Iraola wants to bring "very good" £60m player to Liverpool; he's a big admirer

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Rumoured incoming new Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola reportedly wants to sign Dean Huijsen from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. Richard Hughes leading the meetings.” Once Iraola arrives as Liverpool’s new boss, he will know the importance of signing the right players for his system, with fresh faces needed all over the pitch for the Reds, whether it be right-back, central midfield or right wing, to name just a few positions.

Could Dean Huijsen be Virgil van Dijk’s successor at Liverpool? Huijsen is a huge talent and one of the best young centre-backs in Europe currently, with Iraola speaking of his admiration for him in the past, saying: “You never want to lose this kind of player.

He has been very good for us but there is a part also that you feel happy for him because he goes to Real Madrid. I have no doubts he is ready for the jump.” If the opportunity arises for Liverpool to sign Huijsen, they should go for it, with the 21-year-old standing out as a possible ideal long-term successor to Virgil van Dijk, possessing his calm in possession and calm demeanour.