{"id":521432,"date":"2026-06-06T08:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/521432\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T08:23:32","slug":"liverpool-transfers-iraola-first-three-targets-revealed-with-expectation-over-130m-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/521432\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool transfers: Iraola &#8216;first three targets&#8217; revealed with &#8216;expectation&#8217; over \u00a3130m signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report has revealed Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola\u2019s \u2018first three transfer targets\u2019 as he plots a move for Bournemouth star Rayan.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>officially confirmed the arrival of new head coach Iraola, who has penned a two-year contract to replace former boss Arne Slot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/andoni-iraola\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Iraola<\/strong> <\/a>is expected to implement a front-foot style of play after Liverpool supporters grew tired of Slot\u2019s dull approach, and this will endear him to fans.<\/p>\n<p>But Iraola faces a huge job at Anfield after the poor defence of their Premier League title, and they need to be active in the transfer market this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool need upgrades in various positions, but their priority should be to sign at least one winger following the exit of Mohamed Salah on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds sorely lacked dynamism in wide areas during the most recent campaign, and now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-ornstein-reveals-bayern-munich-surprise-move-sign-reds-star-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> it has emerged that they face losing teenager Rio Ngumoha to Bayern Munich in a \u2018surprise\u2019 transfer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-dowman-ngumoha-pfa-nominations-criminal-bournemouth-newcastle-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dowman, Ngumoha PFA nominations criminal ahead of Bournemouth, Newcastle and West Ham stars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool eye Rayan and Yan Diomande<\/p>\n<p>And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/andoni-iraola-transfer-targets-liverpool-100m-4459661\" target=\"_blank\">a report from The i Paper claims<\/a> Iraola is a \u2018huge fan\u2019 of Rayan after they worked together at Bournemouth, and he could be signed as a potential replacement for Salah.<\/p>\n<p>The winger joined Bournemouth from Vasco de Gama for an initial fee of around \u00a325m in January 2026, and he immediately hit the ground running in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Rayan has five goals and two assists in his first 12 Premier League outings, but the report from The i Paper claims Bournemouth expect him to remain at the club until January at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-arrogant-slot-personal-digs-wirtz-did-you-win-premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool: \u2018Arrogant\u2019 Slot aimed \u2018personal digs\u2019 at Florian Wirtz \u2013 \u2018Did you win the Premier League?\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018He has a release clause that activates in January but it is a whopping \u00a3130m before it lowers in value in each subsequent transfer window. There\u2019s an expectation that he will stay.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the same report claims Iraola and Liverpool have decided their \u2018first three transfer targets\u2019 for this summer as they look to strengthen in three positions.<\/p>\n<p>The report explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018The general feeling among recruitment executives is that this summer\u2019s market will not reach the heights of last year, when Liverpool\u2019s huge recruitment drive was reflective of unprecedented demand for forwards. The Reds want to add players and are also in the market for a right-back and midfielder.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-iraola-tears-up-alisson-contract-eight-players-leaving\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iraola tears up Alisson deal in first act as Liverpool boss with eight players \u2018in danger of exit\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report has revealed Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola\u2019s \u2018first three transfer targets\u2019 as he plots a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[23041,1010,18,794,19,17,1009,5,795,225297,132],"class_list":["post-521432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andoni-iraola","tag-bournemouth","tag-eire","tag-home-page","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-rayan","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116702203587156750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}