Antoine Semenyo has warned Liverpool players to expect brutal Andoni Iraola demand

Former Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo has revealed the brutal demands Andoni Iraola is likely to place on his players if he succeeds Arne Slot as Liverpool head coach.

Despite winning the Premier League in 2025, Slot was relieved of his duties as Liverpool head coach on Saturday, May 30, after coming under pressure following the Reds' fifth-place finish this season.

Slot leaves with a respectable record of 66 wins, 18 draws and 29 defeats from 113 matches in charge.

While the Dutchman is already being linked with a return to management at AC Milan, departing Bournemouth boss Iraola is a heavy favourite to succeed him at Anfield.

Iraola, who has previously coached AEK Larnaca, Mirandés and Rayo Vallecano, has also attracted interest from Bayer Leverkusen, Crystal Palace and AC Milan in recent days.

The Spaniard guided Bournemouth to a record-high sixth-place finish in the Premier League last season, securing qualification for the Europa League.

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Iraola was appointed Cherries manager following Gary O'Neil's departure in June 2023.

He led the south coast club to finishes of 12th, 9th and 6th in his three seasons at the club and leaves as Bournemouth's most successful manager.

What should Liverpool's players expect from Iraola?

Manchester City winger Semenyo was an integral part of Iraola's side before his January move to the Etihad and revealed the intense training regime his players are expected to endure during a podcast appearance earlier this year.

Speaking on All Out Football, the Ghana forward said: "The way he structured the weeks, we didn't really have any days off, nothing.

"It's very hard going from having Wednesday and Sunday off to having no days off.

"We would play on the Saturday, train on Sunday. The players that were in the starting XI would do like the first maybe 30, 40 minutes of the session, so you're hanging, your legs have gone. You're doing the possession, you have to run around, you're thinking 'oh dear!'

"Even now [April 2026], it hasn't changed. Some of the boys are like, 'No day off this week again,' in the group chat. It still hasn't changed!

"But we set up against big teams, playing Man City, Arsenal. It's not like we stay in a mid-block. Everyone's man for man. You're thinking, 'We're going to get exposed here,' but once you adapt to it, yeah. You see how Bournemouth won at the weekend [against Arsenal], that's what it was like for the three years I was there."