Andoni Iraola has had a decent start to life as Liverpool's head coach.

The Spaniard took over from Arne Slot at the start of the 2026-27 season and, even though he's only coached five Premier League games so far, you can already tell that the Anfield outfit are beginning to understand how to play in his style.

Certain players such as Lewis Koumas and Jeremy Jacquet are thriving and, while it's taking others such as Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch a bit longer to adapt to their new positions, once they get a hang of it, the Reds will be much better off.

Of course, they are still sixth in the Premier League table so they have a lot of work to do but, since their first game back after the international break is against Manchester City, they can instantly cut their gap to the league leaders in half.

The fact that the rumour mill is still constantly turning is obviously good news but, if Liverpool are really wanting to turn their fortunes around, they have to do everything in their power to get this one "major" deal completed.

One player that Liverpool didn't quite manage to replace in the summer was Mohamed Salah .

The Egyptian King was one of the first players to exit Anfield with the Reds allowing him to leave the club for nothing despite him having a year left on his contract.

Indeed, doing this allowed Liverpool to save the £20 million on wages that they would've had to shell out for the attacker but, if they'd have just kept hold of him for another season instead, it feels like that would've been much more valuable.