FOOTBALL DAILY: Iraola Liverpool's Basque-man | Ederson to MUFC | Celtic fans protest possible Keane appointment
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Welcome along to Wednesday's Football Daily, I'm David Wilson. Coming up today, Liverpool move closer to appointing Ernest Loss' replacement as Andonia Raiola looks set to take over. Celtic close in on appointing Robbie Keane as their new boss despite some fan backlash. And with just eight days until the World Cup, Scotland and England continue their preparations in Florida. Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement with Andoni Arreola to make him their new head coach. Arreola quickly emerged as a clear favourite to take over at Anfield after Saturday's departure of Arne Slott. The Basque is expected to join on a two-year contract in line with both the deals he signed while in charge of Bournemouth.
Arreola had been due to leave the South Coast club when his terms expired at the end of this month and work continues over the make-up of his backroom staff. He wants to be accompanied by Pablo De La Torre, Tommy Elphick, Sean Cooper and Tom Webber, who are all members of his coaching and backroom staff at Bournemouth. If all goes to plan, Liverpool will appoint and present Arreola before the week concludes. Discussions with Arreola have been led by Sporting Director Richard Hughes. who knows Areola well, having appointed him as Gary O'Neill's successor at Bournemouth in the summer of 2023.
What is the latest news about Liverpool's coaching situation?
During his three years in charge at Bournemouth, Areola oversaw 12th, 9th and 6th place Premier League finishes, as well as securing Europa League qualification for the first time in their history. Meanwhile, Liverpool legend John Barnes has called for patience from supporters if Areola becomes the new head coach at Anfield. Barnes says that he will need to be given time to make his mark. If he comes, I'll support him 100%. If he loses the first three matches, I'm still going to support him. But with the fans, that's the problem. The fans are too quick to form an opinion. And particularly as he won the league in his first year on his slot, I think that the fans should have backed him more. Last night on the football show, Rich Jolly and Dion Fanning joined Owen Sheahan.
The trio discussed the toxicity that surrounded slot and the relationship with the fans in his last weeks in the job at Anfield.
The idea that Slott was going to start next season seemed to be something that a lot of Liverpool fans were resigned to at the end of the Premier League year as if there would be this 5-10 game window where he might be able to continue as Liverpool manager. Now that it's all kind of done and dusted, that always felt quite fanciful. It always felt quite dangerous, certainly, because it ran the risk of a repeat of what Manchester United had with Eric Ten Hag a couple of years ago, where he limped through to the end of the season. It surprised a lot of people. He kept his job and then he's gone October or November.
How are Scotland and England preparing for the World Cup?
Liverpool had that with Brendan Rodgers a decade ago. In a way, they got lucky in that when Rodgers went, Jurgen Klopp was available and who obviously proved an outstanding appointment. In the case of slot, he genuinely thought until the last 24, 48 hours that he was keeping his job. It took him aback. I think he put a lot of store in his relationship with Richard Hughes and he believed Liverpool were planning with him.
Who is Andoni Iraola and what is his coaching background?
But as Dion said, the way they finished the season was really damaging. And I think that... I do what I would say slightly in defence of Liverpool. I think they probably wanted to keep slot for quite a while. But in the last few weeks of the season, I wanted, as an outside observer, I wanted to see evidence that next season would be better. And there just wasn't any. The Tottenham game, the Chelsea game, the Aston Villa game on that Friday night where they were really poor.
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