The boys really felt it: Iraola brings Klopp-level intensity to his first Liverpool training session
The new era at Anfield has officially kicked off, and the Liverpool squad already knows exactly what they are in for.
Andoni Iraola has taken charge of his first pre-season training sessions as Liverpool manager at the AXA Training Centre, and the sheer intensity of the workouts has sent a clear message to the squad.
Known for his aggressive, unrelenting Basque pressing system, Iraola wasted absolutely no time putting the boys through their paces, leaving several players visibly exhausted and pushed to their absolute limits.
For many fans and observers around the training ground, the gruelling nature of these opening sessions felt deeply familiar. The last time the squad showed reactions quite like this, gasping for air and completely spent after tactical drills, was under Jürgen Klopp’s iconic “heavy-metal football” regime.
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