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

I think you have to accept it.

It's going to be the same for every big club that has qualified for Europe or for the Champions League in this case.

And definitely we will need more than the 13, 14, 15 players.

We will need in one moment of the season probably everyone.

And you hope everyone, even if he's not getting now the minutes, is ready for when that moment arrives.

I think the biggest challenge is not when

with the ones that probably are playing constantly, because I loved, as a player, you play, you recover, you play, you recover, and you are in a great place.

Probably the challenge is with the ones that are not playing enough, so you don't give them proper trainings because you are worried about getting tired with the others, and this balance,

with the players that maybe have been four five six players six games without playing and then you need them straight away how to keep them at that level of performance of form of and it's something that is what you have more in in your head as a coach you know because the ones that are playing normally the games give you the best training so it's a matter of taking care of

avoiding the injuries that you can avoid.

Some of them are difficult, but with the ones that haven't been starting, I think that's the challenge.

So when you need to rotate and you make some saps, some rotation, the level of the team stays consistent.

I think you know how much coaches value the players that don't start games but they still train at a very good level.

And when you have a lot of those players

Normally it's success, you know, because there will be a moment where you will need those players and they will answer.

And also in the moment that you need them and you give them the chance, you are inside you, you are thinking, I want him to do well because he really deserves to be there and to have more chances.

And I think those...

Those players are... I will put the example from Bournemouth, from James Hill I had.

My first two seasons he didn't play a lot.

It was not like winning him past season.

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