Liverpool training under Andoni Iraola: Intensity, smiles and Robert Lewandowski
Liverpool Football Club is conducting pre-season training in Chicago under new manager Andoni Iraola. The report covers team dynamics, including a recent internal disagreement between players, and updates on squad fitness.
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Provides insight into the tactical and cultural transition of a major Premier League club under new leadership.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Liverpool finish their pre-season tour of the USA against Leeds on Sunday
Liverpool reporter in Chicago Published 1 August 2026, 08:42 BST As Liverpool 's first open training session under Andoni Iraola began, Robert Lewandowski was taking penalties in the background.
The session took place at the performance centre of Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, where the 37-year-old Pole now plays.
Under gloomy skies, Lewandowski blazed a spot-kick over the bar as Fire's training session came to an end and Iraola's got under way.
Here is what we learned from Liverpool 's session.
Earlier this week, a video was posted on social media of Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones - who has been linked with a move to Inter Milan - having a heated argument at the end of Liverpool 's win over Wrexham on Wednesday.
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