Liverpool latest: Reds beat rivals to signing as Andoni Iraola sent double transfer demand

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The club's summer preparations are due to get underway next Saturday with a friendly against Premier League foes Sunderland in Nashville.Andoni Iraola has only just welcomed certain members of his new squad back from the World Cup. Nevertheless, that has done little to quell speculation linking the likes of Yan Diomande and Bradley Barcola as higher-profile candidates to fill the role on the right."I think the areas of concern are down Liverpool's right-hand side, having lost Trent [Alexander-Arnold] two seasons ago (sic)," said McAteer.

And then Jeremie Frimpong came in."He's not an ideal right-back in defensive situations. So he's had to fill in and we've had [Dominik] Szobsozlai play right-back too so it's not been great."I think that had unsettled Salah as well and then Salah's obviously gone.

So that right-hand side is an area we need to strengthen, both in the full-back and the wide position."There's been no real talk about a full-back, but certainly Diomande has been spoken about quite a lot to come into that area."Diomande, who would command a fee exceeding £100million, had been linked with a switch to Liverpool but PSG now appear to have moved to the front of the queue. I just think Barcola's performances in this World Cup have just shown more maturity than Diomande."Buy Blood Red, our monthly Liverpool FC print publication for just £3.50 by clicking here