Liverpool warned off £100m blockbuster transfer for Yan Diomande - 'I would be careful'

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But he's only had one season."We need a strong winger with pace, which is what we were missing this season. We'll be missing Salah next season, so we need a replacement for that kind of player."It was a pity that Antoine Semenyo went to Bournemouth and then chose Manchester City, because I saw him as a good player for our team; he is the one that got away."Liverpool appointed Andoni Iraola on a two-year deal earlier this month after Arne Slot was relieved of his duties on May 30 following a disappointing campaign that saw the Reds limp home to a fifth-placed finish on the final day of the Premier League term.Smicer, who made 184 appearances between 1999 and 2005, added: “Andoni Iraola, he is a very highly rated manager."At Bournemouth they sold their best players every season, but it didn't change the spirit of the team."They still played the same way.

The players and the team are getting better and better, even with players who are not like star players."It's going to be a great challenge for Andoni Iraola to go to Liverpool and do the same thing. I think some of the players were in a bit of a comfort zone this season.“We won the league and thought everything was going to be okay.

I think Iraola, with the way he was managing Bournemouth, can get that.“I think he will be much harder on the players, probably demanding different things, and if they won't be doing those things, they won't be playing. It doesn't matter the name."If the players approach the manager that way and the manager approaches the players this way, it could be good for Liverpool.”FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!