The atmosphere at Anfield has turned toxic as the 2025\/26 campaign nears its conclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n With Arne Slot struggling on and off the pitch and supporters increasingly voicing their frustration, former Premier League striker Tony Cascarino has tipped Bournemouth\u2019s Andoni Iraola as the frontrunner to take over the Liverpool hot seat.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE<\/u><\/span> & GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking on talkSPORT\u2019s Weekend Sports Breakfast, Cascarino noted that the \u201cregular booing\u201d at Anfield is a sign that Slot\u2019s time may be up.<\/p>\n While Slot is expected to see out the season, the hierarchy is reportedly already weighing up its options.<\/p>\n The driving force behind the Iraola links is his pre-existing relationship with Liverpool\u2019s Sporting Director, Richard Hughes.<\/p>\n It was Hughes who famously brought Iraola to Bournemouth, and Cascarino believes that history will play a decisive role in Liverpool\u2019s next appointment.<\/p>\n \u201cHe brought him to Bournemouth and now he\u2019s at Liverpool,\u201d Cascarino explained.<\/p>\n \u201cHe did that negotiation. You have connections in football and people you deal with. It\u2019s not that unlikely that a club like Liverpool could look at him. He\u2019s done an incredible job.\u201d<\/p>\n Since a rocky start on the South Coast, Iraola has transformed Bournemouth into a side playing \u201cChampions League form,\u201d showing a tactical flexibility and player development track record that Slot has noticeably lacked this season.<\/p>\n Xabi Alonso has emerged as the leading contender to take over the job at Stamford Bridge, much for the disappointment of Liverpool fans who wanted a dream return for Alonso at Anfield.<\/p>\n The Blues have reportedly already made contact with the former Real Madrid boss and want are in a rush to appoint a new manager before the World Cup starts.<\/p>\n While Iraola also remains linked with Chelsea, the departing Bournemouth manager could be available for Liverpool to pursue at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The atmosphere at Anfield has turned toxic as the 2025\/26 campaign nears its conclusion. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why Liverpool could go after Andoni Iraola<\/h2>\n
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