Andoni Iraola can give Liverpool their intensity back but the club have been warned that the squad needs a lot of new arrivals.The outgoing Bournemouth manager is expected to replace Arne Slot, who was sacked after two seasons in charge.Iraola could succeed Slot at Anfield after running his contract down at BournemouthGettyDutchman Slot won the Premier League in his first campaign, but this season things quickly fell apart and they ended it in fifth place, 25 points behind winners Arsenal.Fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace had also been interested in Iraola’s services, but Liverpool appear to have won the battle.And given the Spaniard’s tactics, The Athletic’s Liverpool reporter understands why the Reds are moving to land him as their new head coach, even if he believes there is an element of risk to it.“I can understand the attraction,” James Pearce told The Warm Up on talkSPORT.“I think his record in the Premier League at Bournemouth is outstanding, especially when you frame it in the context of the elite talent and the best players that he’s lost in the last couple of years, yet to lead them to European qualification was brilliant for him.“I think it’s a gamble if he is quite clearly the frontrunner.“If it is him, it’s a gamble because, you know, there is a big difference in terms of managing Bournemouth and Liverpool. The pressure, the scrutiny, the expectation is on a completely different planet. I think also it’s different when you’re only managing one game a week and you don’t have those extra commitments.“And of course, he hasn’t got that real European elite pedigree in terms of the Champions League.“But yeah, in terms of what he’s done, I can completely understand why, you know, why he is kind of at the forefront of their thoughts, especially because the sporting director, Richard Hughes, knows him so well from that time at Bournemouth and given him the job there.”He continued: “When I’ve watched Bournemouth, I think what I love about them is the intensity they play at.Slot’s title defence at Anfield did not go to planAFP“That is something that Liverpool fans have kind of repeatedly kind of criticised Slot for over the course of the season. There hasn’t been enough tempo, there hasn’t been intensity, they’ve stood off teams, they don’t press high enough.“I think it was telling that Liverpool yesterday were talking about needing a change of direction to go to a more kind of front-footed, aggressive approach.“I do think from having watched Iraola’s Bournemouth, that is the way that he likes to play football.“I certainly think he’ll get Liverpool running a lot more. That has been another complaint this season, not just in terms of the lack of quality, but they’ve been outworked far too often.”Rebuild requiredLiverpool, though, despite an enormous £446million summer spend last season, require another rebuild this summer.Ibrahima Konate leaves on a free transfer, along with club legends Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.Konate is going to leave Liverpool at the end of his contract this summerGettyMeanwhile, young defender Jeremy Jacquet is a confirmed incoming for a fee of £55m.However, Pearce insists far more needs to be done at Anfield to get them up for a battle near the top of the Premier League table.“It needs a lot of work,” he admitted.“When you look at the fact that clearly the absolute priority is replacing Mohamed Salah on that right-hand side.“All season, Liverpool have been blighted by a lack of pace and dynamism in wide areas. They need at least one winger, if not two.“They’ve also got a situation through the middle where [Hugo] Ekitike is going to be out probably until at least Christmas, January time, with that ruptured Achilles. Can you really rely on [Alexander] Isak? There’s been nothing in his first year at Liverpool to suggest that you can.Legendary forward Salah will need to be replaced this summer as a matter of urgencyGetty“Then the lack of physicality in midfield, the lack of options in that department, has really hampered them as well over the course of this season.“You’re saying they need at least one midfielder, potentially even two if Curtis Jones leaves. A lot of talk about interest from Inter Milan in him.“We had confirmation that Ibrahima Konate is going. Liverpool are saying they’re reasonably well-stocked there because you’ve got [Virgil] van Dijk, you’ve still got [Joe] Gomez, you’ve got [Giovanni] Leoni coming back from a serious injury and Jeremy Jacquet coming in from Rennes.“I still think they might need another centre-half.“Right-back has been a huge problem for them because Conor Bradley got that really serious knee injury.“They’ve had to play midfielders out of position at right-back, which weakens the midfield. There’s a huge amount to sort out and that is why the Iraola one makes sense because he’s available.“You can get him in the door quickly as well, which is important because the clock is ticking with the amount that needs sorting out this summer.”World Cup WhatsAppDon't miss an update from talkSPORT in our dedicated World Cup WhatsApp channel.Search for ‘talkSPORT World Cup in your ‘Updates’ tab on WhatsApp and we’ll drop the proper, unfiltered football chat straight to your lock screen—no fluff, just pure talkSPORT energy.It’s where the real debate happens from proper fan reactions and big talking points and yes, Jason Cundy and Jamie O’Hara pointing and laughing at every nightmare in America, Mexico and Canada – even their own.