Andoni Iraola admits Liverpool have 'obvious' gaps to address in transfer market

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] have signed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jacquet-jeremy/h0WK6DL4/"]Jeremy Jacquet[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-victor/EBMXXrd3/"]Victor Munoz[/a], but lost [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]‌Mohamed Salah[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konate-ibrahima/QJlbDbQe/"]Ibrahima Konate[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ekitike-hugo/ltVXPlJU/"]‌Hugo Ekitike[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bradley-conor/GM6fgd0p/"]Conor Bradley[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leoni-giovanni/GdON0JjJ/"]Giovanni Leoni[/a] are sidelined through ‌injury.[/p][p][b]"I think it's difficult to say a number (of ‌players needed) when the market is open, and you have to be always open to new options to improve the ‌squad,"[/b] the Spaniard told reporters in Chicago ⁠on Tuesday.[/p][p][b]"There are ‌obvious situations that we know where we need to sign players. ​A winger, for example - we definitely need to sign a winger.[/b][/p][p][b]"But there are other situations ​that we will have to analyse what the market gives you, what's the cost, how we also see ⁠the players we ​have. We have some tricky positions where we have injured players that we trust but is still not the ideal situation."[/b][/p][embed guid="2b9fb5ed-e068-43bf-a8bc-1e4022bc69d3" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2079681572853207104" social-type="twitter" /][p]Salah, Konate and Robertson's departures have also left ‌Liverpool with a dearth of experience in their squad.[/p][p]Goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alisson/UZrQ3bwP/"]Alisson[/a] is another veteran whose future at Anfield is uncertain, but Iraola said he was keen to keep the Brazil international.[/p][p][b]"I think he's someone that definitely will help us in this process of adaptation of the new signings, of the new players, the young players,"[/b] he added.[/p][p][b]"We need the references like Virgil ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]van ‌Dijk[/a]), like Alisson, like [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gomez-joe/SKt9dxk8/"]Joe Gomez[/a], players that have ​been here for a long time. And I'm ‌sure we will have this help, yes."[/b][/p][image alt="Liverpool's upcoming games" id="c2b70af0-47a3-4d46-be49-e0ac17d4b7d2" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="c28d0913-fb25-4a22-bb16-aca2b2c7d9bc" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Liverpool begin their pre-season preparations with a match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] in Nashville [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/sunderland-WSzc94ws/?mid=IH37NmVa"]on Saturday[/a], before taking on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wrexham/IgO7K1ZA/"]Wrexham[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds United[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]AS Monaco[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a].[/p][p]They play their first game ⁠of the Premier ⁠League season away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] ‌on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/liverpool-lId4TMwf/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=4xKntFxe"]August 23[/a].[/p]