James Pearce

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466 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 16 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What next for Arsenal? & Is Iraola better than Slot? · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

We understand that those talks are now underway.

Everything at the moment points to him arriving at Anfield.

Yeah, I believe they are, yeah.

I mean, there's no doubt that it's a squad in need of some pretty significant surgery this summer when you look at where Liverpool ended the season.

And of course, you know, waving goodbye to Salah and to Andy Robertson since then, you know, we've had confirmation that Ibrahima Kanate is leaving.

So there is a lot to sort out.

I mean, you look at the top end of the pitch, Tom mentions then about, you know, Iriola's pressing game.

And of course that would, that completely fits with what, that's what Liverpool fans want to see from their team.

They want to see them on the front foot and in opponents' faces.

And that just didn't happen

last season.

There are questions over someone like, you know, is that, is that Isak's way of playing?

You know, he's probably going to have to adapt to the new manager's methods, but they're also going to have to buy players that fit that way of playing.

I mean, buying pace and width out wide is the biggest priority they've got in the transfer market this summer.

Buying that Salah replacement, you know, we know they're very, very keen on Yandhi Amandi at Leipzig.

But also in terms of legs and physicality in midfield, that hurt Liverpool so much last season with someone like McAllister's form falling off a cliff, you know, not having a right back essentially for pretty much the whole season because of Conor Bradley's injury situation and then having to move a midfielder into right back.

You know, that hurt them.

You know, you've got two really young centre-backs in the mix now in terms of Giovanni Leone coming back from an ACL and Jeremy Jacquet coming in from Rennes.

as a £60 million signing.

But of course, both of them completely unproven in the Premier League up to this point.

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