Andoni Iraola

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194 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 27 Jul

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The Anfield Wrap · Andoni Iraola Interview | Anfield Wrap Special · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Probably the best memories we all have

when we were playing is when we were kids and we just loved the game and you spend there time with the friends and you can spend three or four hours playing football and not overthinking things and when you become professional and there is pressure from... Sometimes it's difficult to enjoy the game, enjoy football, no?

And there are...

I always say there are a few moments in your professional career where you honestly enjoy playing and you are not worried about what's going to happen or just play for the love of the game.

And when a team, when a player arrives to those moments, it's enjoyable for the ones watching normally, yes.

Yes.

I always say that I didn't enjoy my playing career as I should, because especially for me playing for an athletic club, I felt like the responsibility and I wanted to make always the right thing, always behave perfectly and maybe thinking that everyone is like kind of looking at you and you have to be perfect in everything you do.

And I think you need some experience to understand that you are not so important.

and you should just be yourself and try to enjoy and try to even if you are a professional and you are under pressure

I think when you enjoy the things that you do, I think probably you are going to perform better.

Yes, I think we need a collective idea in terms of some organisation, some structure, some clear things, so after you can express yourself as a football player.

I think this is a collective sport and everything has to be

We have to have a system that gives us a floor, let's say.

Even if we don't play incredibly well, we are not having our best day as football players, there is a system behind us, there is a collective that will give us a high floor.

I always say, let's raise our floor, and then when we are playing amazingly and we are having the day, it looks incredible.

But I think the coaching side is like, okay, let's put the structure there, the organisation there,

And after you have to trust your players.

In this case for me it's easy because I have very good players.

Yes, the margins now in football are...

are very small, no?

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