Liverpool's Big Summer
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
'Liverpool’s Big Summer' is a special Sky Sports podcast examining the reasons behind Arne Slot’s surprise sacking at Anfield to Andoni Iraola’s imminent arrival as the club’s new head coach – and whether the former Bournemouth boss has what it takes to deliver success on the big stage.
Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports News reporters Vinny O’Connor and Mark McAdam, as well as Anfield Wrap podcaster Daniel Morgan, to deliver expert insight on where it went wrong for Slot after his Premier League title win and the style and strengths of the incoming Iraola.
The panel also assess what Iraola will need in the summer transfer window and whether Liverpool can once again be title challengers next season.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Big story breaking over the weekend with Arna Slot getting sacked at Liverpool. |
| 0:08.6 | He leaves the club just a year after winning the Premier League title, but after a difficult |
| 0:12.7 | season where they failed to mount any sort of defence of their crown. |
| 0:17.8 | I was surprised because a lot of everything that has been coming out to the club. |
| 0:22.3 | People I had spoken to with the club was that the manager was safe |
| 0:25.3 | and he was staying and his slot said that. |
| 0:27.7 | Achieved what you wanted to, which was Champions League qualification, |
| 0:31.0 | bringing it to Anfield for next season. |
| 0:33.7 | Can you breathe now? |
| 0:35.8 | Yeah, what we wanted today. |
| 0:55.4 | The way that Liverpool finished the season ultimately didn't do on a slot any favours, no wins in their last four games of the season, for instance. Obviously, Mohammed Salas, close at the end of the season, weren't ideal for him, but I thought they were poor. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear. |
| 0:57.7 | It's not great. If he was a Manchester United player, I'd be few minutes. That reflects on the manager, and then all of a sudden there's a bit of a snowball effect, |
| 1:02.0 | and it has caught me by surprise. Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement with Andoni, |
| 1:06.9 | Irola, to become their new head coach. |
| 1:09.8 | Well, listen, he's done a brilliant job in the Premier League. What Bournemouth have done is absolutely fantastic. Danger here. Could go anywhere. It's gone in the Liverpool goal. Baltimore have won it late on. There are still huge question marks. The way he plays is definitely the way Liverpool want to go back to. High intensity football. We know he's fantastic at that, but it's not just all about that. |
| 1:30.0 | It's a risk, of course, is what Liverpool did have a manager. |
| 1:32.8 | We won the league. |
| 1:37.6 | Now, they say a week is a long time in football, but it's been an incredible few days of change at Liverpool. |
| 1:43.2 | This time last week, Arna Slott looked secure in his role as head coach at Liverpool. |
| 1:48.4 | But on Saturday, lunchtime he was sacked, and now Andoni Iriola looks poised to take over. |
| 1:54.6 | I'm Peter Smith, and this is a special Sky Sports podcast on Liverpool's Big Summer. |
| 1:59.5 | And we're going to be diving into all the talking points around the club and there are plenty of them right now. |
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