Andoni Iraola ya isa a AXA Training Centre na Liverpool, inda yawancin 'yan wasan farko da ma'aikatan kulob din za su koma Merseyside a ranar 14 ga Yuli. Sabon babban koci yana da fiye da wata guda kaɗan don shirya tawagar sa kafin Premier League ta fara da wasa a filin Newcastle a ranar 23 ga Agusta.
Hanyoyin Iraola: tsanani tun daga farko
Da zarar 'yan wasan sun dawo, za a gudanar da kimantawa na mutum ɗaya ɗaya kafin ainihin aiki ya fara. Waɗanda suka yi aiki da Iraola a Bournemouth suna sa ran zazzafan motsa jiki a farkon kwanaki, tare da Bajamushe mai cikakken shiga a kowane taro — sau da yawa yana yanke hukunci a ƙananan wasannin horarwa.
Wani bidiyo da ake samu a tashar YouTube ta Bournemouth, da aka ɗauka a lokacin horarwa a Marbella, yana nuna tsananin koci. Ana jin Iraola yana sanya makirofon yana ƙarfafa 'yan wasansa cewa: "Ku zama masu tsanani sosai. Ku saba da wannan, domin za mu yi haka kowane mako…"
"Andoni yana son jagorantar duk tarurrukan kuma ya kasance a tsakiyar aiki maimakon ya bar wa wasu," wata majiyar Bournemouth ta gaya wa BBC Sport watan jiya.
Sabon ma'aikatan Iraola
Tommy Elphick da Shaun Cooper — tsoffin abokan haɗinsa a Bournemouth — suna shiga tare da shi a matsayin masu horar da tawagar farko. Pablo de la Torre, wanda ke ɗaukar matsayin mataimakin koci, ya taɓa aiki tare da Iraola a Cyprus, Rayo Vallecano, da Bournemouth, kuma zai ɗauki nauyin tabbatar da cewa 'yan wasan Liverpool sun kasance a shirye jiki don yin salon wasa da aka san koci da shi.
A watan jiya, De la Torre ya bayyana kocin sa ga mujallar Sipaniyanci AS cewa: "Yana da hankali sosai, yana jagoranci ta misali, kuma yana da ƙarfin hali da ba kasafai ake gani ba a wasanni irin wannan. Tun daga farko, kuna jin ya bambanta — iyawarsa ta karanta wasa kusan ba ta da makamanciya. Yana tace bayanai don 'yan wasan su iya fahimta su kuma su aiwatar da su kowace mako."
Sai dai, fuskantar wasannin UEFA Champions League na tsakiyar mako tare da Premier League zai zama sabuwar ƙalubale ga su biyun. De la Torre ya ƙara da cewa: "Mabuɗin shine gina tsarin wasa da asalin tawaga wanda 'yan wasan suka gaskata da gaske ra'ayin koci."
Maido da asalin Anfield
Batun asali ya zama na muhimmanci. Sharhin Mohamed Salah na bainar jama'a da ya yi game da salon wasan Liverpool ƙarƙashin Arne Slot a ƙarshen kakar da ta wuce ya kasance mai tsanani. Amai-amai a Anfield da rashin asalin da ake iya gani sun taimaka wajen korar Slot, kuma Iraola dole ya dawo da sha'awar magoya baya.
Hayar Victor Munoz — wanda ya ce turtsatsi tashi-tsahon tasa babban ɓangare ne na abin da ya burge Iraola — yana nuna niyyar yin wasan da ke ɗaukar haɗari mai ikon karya tsaro na gaci. Ana sa ran ƙarin 'yan wasa za su zo da wasu su tafi, yayin da koci ke son kimanta ƙungiyar sa da farko.
Halin 'yan wasan ɗaya ɗaya
Yawancin 'yan wasan Liverpool da suka halarci Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya sun dawo, tare da Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) da Munoz (Spain) ne kawai suka rage a gasar. Ana sa ran Dominik Szoboszlai, Joe Gomez, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Curtis Jones, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, da Kostas Tsimikas za su dawo mako mai zuwa.
Harvey Elliott, bayan aro mai takaici a Aston Villa, ya riga ya dawo kuma ya haɗu da Iraola a ranar Talata. Jeremy Jacquet, wanda Liverpool suka saya daga Rennes da £60 miliyan, ya haɗu da ƙungiyar wannan mako don taimaka masa da daidaitawa. Ana sa ran mai tsaron tsakiya dan Faransa, bayan ya gama shirin farfadowa daga raunin kafada, zai buga wasa a pre-season.
Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz, da Alexander Isak — duk da aka fitar da su a zagaye na 32 — ana sa ran za su haɗu da ƙungiyar bayan hutu nasu lokacin da Liverpool za su tashi zuwa rangadin pre-season na Amurka a ranar 20 ga Yuli. Alisson Becker ma za ya haɗu daga baya, bayan Brazil ta sha kashi a hannun Norway a zagaye na 16.
Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, da Wataru Endo — da suke a lokacin farfadowa — sun riga sun kasance a filin horarwa a lokacin bazara. Hugo Ekitike yana aiki tare da masanin jiyya a Los Angeles yayin da yake warke daga raunin tendinin Achilles, kuma yana shirin haɗuwa da ɓangaren kiwon lafiya na Liverpool kafin kakar ta fara.
Sanin ko Jacquet ko Leoni sun shirya fara wasa akai-akai tare da Virgil van Dijk a Premier League zai zama ɗaya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan da Iraola ke so ya gano. Liverpool na da ƙarfin imani a ƙarfin Jacquet mai shekara 20 da Leoni mai shekara 19, amma abin da ake buƙata daga gare su zai zama mai ƙalubale sosai.
Jadawalin pre-season
Iraola zai yi taron manema labarai na farko a Chicago a ranar 21 ga Yuli. Liverpool za su buga da Sunderland a Nashville a ranar 25 ga Yuli, sannan Wrexham a New York da Leeds a Chicago. The Reds za su kammala pre-season a Anfield da wasanni biyu — ɗaya da AS Monaco (Ligue 1) da ɗayan kuma da Como 1907 (Serie A), wanda Cesc Fabregas ke jagoranta.
