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"If there was anyone that could give us that familiar sort of grit and fight and directness on the wing, as to what we had with [Sadio] Mane and [Luis] Diaz, it would be him."He's very direct, he's very, very quick, and the thing is he's coming out of a team that, I would like to say, is similar to Liverpool, where it's pressing football."Football is about pressing, being aggressive, winning it back early, overwhelming the opposition. We've been so used to that, we kind of fell a little bit spoiled with that."We want to get back to that, and he's a player that has had that since Luis Enrique's come in."It's the style of football under Slot which Heskey believes ultimately cost the Dutchman his job at Anfield.

The former forward has high hopes that new boss Iraola can bring back the football Liverpool fans crave."It's a difficult one because with Arne Slot winning the league, that should buy you a bit more time, but I just thought the style of football just didn't suit one, the players and two, the club," he admits."We've been such an aggressive team of late, especially under Jurgen. I understand that that's not his style of football, and he probably wanted to try and implement a little bit of a change, but it just didn't fit the players."I think he [Iraola] can make the step up.

For Heskey, the moves make sense.He said: "I think a club of that stature, there's always going to be those interested in taking over. I like his aggressive style of football."He's not set in his ways.