Andoni Iraola ya bayyana aniyarsa ta gina wata Liverpool da masu tallafawa za iya yin alfahari da ita, inda ya jaddada cewa yana shirye gaba ɗaya don ɗaukar nauyin jagorantar ɗaya daga manyan ƙungiyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa da ake kallo da kyau a duniya.

Ɗan Sipaniyan mai shekara 44 ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyu tare da Liverpool watan da ya gabata bayan manyan kaka uku a Bournemouth, inda ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa cancanta ta Turai ta farko kafin ya tashi.

"Ina ganin ƙwallon ƙafa, musamman Liverpool, ya shafi haɗin kai — haɗin kai da mutane, haɗin kai da masu tallafawa namu," in ji Iraola a taron manema labarai na farko tun an nada shi. "Dole mu zama wata ƙungiya da ke aiki da himma — mai ƙarfi, mai tsauri, da tsaye — domin kowa ya iya ganin kansa a cikinta kuma ya ji daɗin tallafa mata."

Yanayin Anfield muhimmin buri

Liverpool ta ƙare a matsayi na biyar a Premier League kakar da ta gabata, wuri ɗaya a gaban Bournemouth. Sai ƙungiyar ta rabu da Arne Slot a ranar 30 ga Mayu a tsakanin suka mai yawa dangane da rashin ƙarfin ƙungiyar a Anfield.

Iraola ya amince cewa samar da yanayin Anfield na tarihi ya dogara ne ga alaƙar bangarori biyu. Ya ambato lokacin da Federico Chiesa ya zura kwallo a ranar farko ta kakar da ta gabata — a lokacin da Liverpool ta doke Bournemouth — kuma ya jaddada cewa ƙungiyarsa dole ta cancanci wannan kuzari daga masu kallo.

"Na kasance a ɓangaren kishiya a Anfield. Zaka iya jin filin wasa kuma ina son jin wannan a kowane lokaci da muke buga wasa — amma dole ya fito daga wurinmu, daga cikin filin wasa," in ji shi.

Shirye don manyan matakai

Kafin ya shiga Bournemouth, Iraola ya jagoranci AEK Larnaca a Cyprus da kuma ƙungiyoyin Sipanya Mirandes da Rayo Vallecano. Ya yi gaskiya game da mataki mai girma da jagorancin Liverpool ke ɗauke da shi, amma ya ce ba shi da niyyar ɓoyewa.

"Ina shirye. Na fahimci wannan kulob ne mai girma. Duk abin da na faɗa yanzu zai samu mafi girman bincike," in ji shi. "Ba zan zauna a duniyata ta keɓewa ba — a filin horarwa da gida kawai. Ina son zuwa birni, ƙwarewar birni. Wani ɓangare ne na sihirin zama manajan Liverpool."

Game da tsawon kwangilarsa na shekaru biyu — gajeru fiye da al'ada a matakin farko — Iraola ya nuna halayen zahiri da aka sani da shi. Ya taɓa sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyu a Bournemouth kafin ya tsawaita ta da shekara ɗaya a 2024. "Ba na son kasancewa a wuri saboda kwangila. Ina ganin manajoci dole su cancanci ci gaba duk shekara, musamman a kulob ɗin kamar Liverpool. Na yi haka ko'ina," in ji shi.

Ƙungiyar na buƙatar ƙarin 'yan wasa

Ana tsammanin mafi yawancin 'yan wasan farko na Liverpool za su dawo Merseyside ranar Talata. Alexis Mac Allister da Victor Munoz — ƙaribar Iraola ta farko — har yanzu suna Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya da Argentina da Spain bi da bi. An yarda da yarjejeniyar Jeremy Jacquet a watan Janairun da ya gabata.

"Muna buƙatar ƙarin 'yan wasa — mun san haka. Kulob ɗin yana aiki a kan wannan," in ji Iraola. Ana ɗaukar cewa Liverpool tana neman aƙalla ƙarin ɗan farfajiya ɗaya da kuma ƙarfafa tsaro.

Harvey Elliott, mai shekara 23, zai samu damar nuna ƙarfinsa a lokacin pre-season bayan wata makar da ta yi wahala. Elliott ya buga mintoci 110 kawai ga Aston Villa a aron kakar gaba ɗaya a Premier League, tare da manaja Unai Emery ya bayyana halin a bainar jama'a a matsayin "abin kunya ga kowa da ke ciki." Villa na da wajibcin siyan Elliott ta dindindin da £35 miliyan idan ya kai wasanni 10 a gasar, amma ya buga biyar kawai.

"Dole kakar da ta gabata ta kasance mai wahala ga Harvey. Yanayin ya kasance na musamman, kuma ina ganin yana amfani da wannan ƙwarewa — halin mara daɗi — don ya zama ƙarin mai son zama ɗan wasan Liverpool," in ji Iraola.

Liverpool za ta tafi Amurka Litinin mai zuwa kafin wasannin pre-season da Sunderland, Wrexham, da Leeds United.