Andoni Iraola must navigate immediate Bradley Barcola problem that Mo Salah didn't have

Let's be brutally honest for a second. Mohamed Salah spoiled Liverpool fans.

For the best part of a decade, the Egyptian King was a biological cheat code, skewing our perception of human endurance. You stuck his name on the right side of the team sheet and, barring injury, you could forget about it. He would be there. Again. And again. And again.

Aside from the odd Arne Slot-related selection hiccup , Salah simply played. Every single week. We're talking upwards of 3,000 Premier League minutes in a season like clockwork. He didn't so much survive the modern football calendar as casually ignore it. He was relentless. He was indestructible.

Now, Andoni Iraola has taken the reins, Salah has moved on, and Bradley Barcola - reportedly on the verge of joining Liverpool in a £120million deal - looks set to be the man tasked with bringing the electricity to the flanks. There's just one rather large problem. Iraola is going to have to manage Barcola's minutes. Heavily.

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