Author: Richard Morgan

Andoni Iraola has been appointed Liverpool head coach after Arne Slot’s sudden departure from Anfield and he has a whole host of issues to find answers to before the start of the next campaign. Iraola inherits a team that produced a limp title defence, finishing the season 24 points worse off than when they won the Premier League in Slot’s debut season in charge 12 months earlier. They were nearer to the relegation zone than eventual champions Arsenal. That their goal difference was down 35 also says a lot about the comparative struggles at both ends of the pitch between…