Liverpool brag Andoni Iraola wants midfielder Alexis Mac Allister and goalkeeper Alisson to stay astatine the club.
Argentina planetary Mac Allister has 2 years near connected the five-year declaration helium signed astatine Liverpool erstwhile helium joined the Reds successful 2023.
The 27-year-old has yet to statesman talks implicit a caller deal, which has prompted speculation helium could permission Anfield this summer.
However, Iraola told a quality league successful Chicago astatine the opening of Liverpool's pre-season circuit of the United States that helium wants to bent connected to the player.
"I deliberation Alexis has been 1 of the champion players astatine the nine for the past fewer years, and helium has had a precise bully World Cup, truthful it is mean that different clubs privation our champion players," Iraola said.
"It ever happens successful different markets. But I privation to support my bully players. I'm looking guardant much to signing caller players alternatively than losing the ones we person here."
Alisson has a twelvemonth near connected his declaration astatine Anfield and has been linked with a determination to Juventus, but Iraola is keen to slope connected the 33-year-old Brazilian's acquisition successful the forthcoming season.
"I'm precise blessed with the concern we person close present successful the goalkeeping area," explained the Reds boss.
"Alisson is idiosyncratic besides successful a changing country that has mislaid immoderate references successful presumption of experience, I deliberation he's idiosyncratic that decidedly volition assistance america successful this process of adaptation of the caller signings, of the caller players, the young players.
"We request the references similar Virgil [van Dijk], similar Alisson, similar Joe Gomez, players that person been present for a agelong time."
Iraola acknowledged helium has 1 oculus connected bringing successful antiaircraft reinforcements during the summertime transportation window, peculiarly astatine right-back fixed Conor Bradley is "months" distant from playing.
The Northern Ireland planetary sustained a genu injury successful January and volition not beryllium disposable for the commencement of the season.
"At the end, if you person a afloat fit, steadfast Conor Bradley, we are precise happy, acceptable to spell and we would not beryllium asking ourselves these questions," explained the Spaniard.
"I deliberation it's a concern that is tricky, due to the fact that we spot Conor successful the agelong term, we cognize we privation him to beryllium our right-back but close present helium is still, I would say, a small spot acold from returning.
"So, with the centre-back, with the right-back situation, successful presumption of antiaircraft depth, we are, I think, precise bladed close present truthful I deliberation it's a solution that we are trying to find, yes."
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