Big Liverpool U-turn: Andoni Iraola now has specific plan for player who Jurgen Klopp loved

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Liverpool midfielder James McConnell now looks set to stay at the club this summer instead of heading out on loan, according to a big new update on his future. The start of the new Premier League season is getting closer all the time, with Milos Kerkez discussing his excitement for it after the 2-0 victory over Como: “Yeah, I feel ready. [This] is the first time I played 90 minutes [this summer], I felt a bit [my] legs at I would say 70-something [minutes], but it’s good to get the whole 90 minutes.

I missed training, so it’s good to be back [and] recharged.” There is still plenty of work to do in the transfer market, however, both in terms of incomings and outgoings, but it looks as though McConnell is staying, in a significant U-turn by Liverpool. According to journalist Alan Nixon [via Football Insider], Andoni Iraola now plans to keep the midfielder as a part of his squad, rather than loaning him out, as has been mooted.

Is keeping James McConnell the right decision by Liverpool? The Englishman won’t be under any illusions about starting every week, but he may feel that he has reached a point in his career where he is ready to make the grade at Liverpool.