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Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola on new signing Bradley Barcola: "We are very happy with Bradley. He was our priority, let's say, to sign a very very good player in that position.

"He has come with the right mentality. I liked from him that he wanted Liverpool a lot. He just wanted to come here and I think that is a good first sign and being the player that he is and the things that he has won.

"He has come with the willingness to help us. I am very happy with him and he trained well with us. If everything goes well in training today, he will definitely be available for tomorrow's game."

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Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola was also asked about Cody Gakpo and the fact the Netherlands forward did not move to Manchester City.

He is also very happy with Cody and has spoken with him since the decision was made for him to stay.

Iraola also says he is happy with the wide players available to him and says they can cover both the right and left flanks.

He added he trusts the players he has and his job is now to help them to perform.

More to follow.

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Here is Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola.

First question, you guessed it...

He is very happy with the Bradley Barcola signing and likes that the France forward was so keen on the move, arriving with the "willingness to help us".

Iraola says he is training with the group today and almost certain to be in the squad for Friday, all being well...

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Bradley Barcola and his lofty price tag are sure to be among the hot topics in Andoni Iraola's news conference this morning.

The Liverpool boss is due to face the media shortly, stick with us for live quotes...

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Bradley Barcola says he "didn't ask questions" when he heard about Liverpool's interest in signing him.

"It's a great pride to be able to play for Liverpool. I'm very happy," the France international told club media.

"I hope to achieve very big things," he added. "First of all, winning the Premier League – it's one of my biggest dreams in my life.

"It is to do that and to stay in this team in the long term – that's why I signed a long contract – and I hope I can do it.

"I had the chance to play twice in this stadium and I saw the atmosphere and how the fans were behind the Liverpool players.

"When I knew about Liverpool's interest in me, I didn't ask questions and I knew it was a very big club for me."

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport

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Bradley Barcola is the statement signing Liverpool fans have craved all summer. With his expensive price tag, however, comes pressure.

He will be expected to hit the ground running, but he does have form against Premier League opposition.

"Liverpool is a good fit for Barcola, especially because of Iraola. He is so good at improving players and Barcola is not the finished product," Pierre-Etienne Minonzio, football journalist for L'Equipe, told BBC Sport.

"It was exactly the same with Ousmane Dembele. Two or three years ago, Dembele was so good at dribbling and running, but sometimes when he was in front of goal he was making bad choices.

"Barcola is a bit like that in the finishing aspect of his game, but he will improve with the right manager - and I think Iraola is the right manager."

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• Curtis Jones (Inter Milan)
• Stefan Bajcetic (Celta Vigo)
• Ibrahima Konate (Real Madrid)
• Mohamed Salah (Trabzonspor)
• Andy Robertson (Tottenham)
• Harvey Elliott (Valencia, on loan)
• Lucca Brughmans (Genk, on loan)
• Ifeanyi Ndukwe (Levante, on loan)
• Calvin Ramsay (St Mirren, on loan)
• Armin Pecsi (TSV Hartberg on loan)

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• Bradley Barcola (Paris St-Germain)
• Jeremy Jacquet (Rennes)
• Victor Munoz (Osasuna)
• Lucca Brughmans (Genk, will not arrive until 2027-28)
• Ifeanyi Ndukwe (Austria Vienna)
• Ronald Araujo (Barcelona, on loan)

Aadam Patel
Football Reporter

Liverpool had the highest net spend in the Premier League over the summer window and internally there is a belief that they had a good window, which culminated in bringing in Bradley Barcola from Paris St-Germain for £123m.

Andoni Iraola will speak for the first time since that deal was confirmed and he will be able to shed more light on Liverpool's business over the summer.

In recent days, Liverpool rejected a bid for Cody Gakpo from Manchester City while Harvey Elliott has gone to Valencia on loan, but there is certainly a feeling among the fanbase that this squad perhaps needed more incomings.

Andoni Iraola will be hoping to get off to a better start at Liverpool than he did with Bournemouth.

His first campaign as Cherries manager started with a nightmare run of nine league games without a win.

He managed just three draws and six defeats in those opening nine games.

Patience paid off though, as the Spaniard led Bournemouth to a comfortable mid-table finish (12th) in his debut campaign in the Premier League.

Things steadily improved from there, with an eighth-place finish in his second season and sixth place last season.

Iraola knows that he will need to improve upon those numbers if he is to be considered a success at Liverpool, and he will not be granted as much time to get it right.

But if he can turn the club around in a similar fashion then Liverpool will give him the platform to challenge for honours.

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Say what you really feel, Leonard! Funny you should say they will finish 12th...

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Andoni Iraola has started his managerial career at Liverpool with back-to-back 2-2 draws in the Premier League - at Newcastle and at home to Nottingham Forest.

Here's a niche stat for you - only one other team in Premier League history has ever started a season with consecutive 2-2 draws.

That was Everton in the 2014-15 campaign, when Roberto Martinez's side twice conceded late equalisers against Leicester and then Arsenal.

The Toffees went on to lose their third game of that season 6-3 at home to eventual champions Chelsea. Everton would go on to finish 11th.

Liverpool boss Iraola will be keen not to finish on the wrong end of an nine-goal thriller at Ipswich on Friday, but can his side get their campaign up and running with a first win?

For the record, the odds of a third 2-2 draw on the bounce currently stand at around 14-1...

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It's been an underwhelming start to the season for Andoni Iraola's new look Liverpool side, who sit 13th in the Premier League after the first couple of gameweeks.

The Reds, who will travel to Ipswich on Friday, are still without a win two games into the season, scoring late equalisers to ensure points.

Andoni Iraola is not the only Premier League manager facing the media today, here is a full list of those we expect to hear from:

• 10:00 - Andoni Iraola (Liverpool)
• 13:00 - Sergej Jakirovic (Hull), Pierre Sage (Crystal Palace)
• 13:30 - Gary O'Neil (Ipswich), Regis le Bris (Sunderland), Marco Rose (Bournemouth)
• 14:00 - Oliver Glasner (Nottingham Forest), Matthias Jaissle (Newcastle)

NB: We will bring you the top lines from each manager as soon as we get them.

It's been a whirlwind few days of transfer negotiations and recriminations, but the window is now firmly closed...slammed shut...however dramatically you want to describe it, until 1 January 2027.

So let's get back down to the brass tacks.

Premier League football is back up and running with another Friday night match to kick off gameweek three.

Liverpool, complete with new £123m signing Bradley Barcola, face a trip to newly promoted Ipswich Town.

Join us for an early news conference, with Reds boss Andoni Iraola due to face the media from 10:00 BST.

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