Liverpool's Spanish head coach Andoni Iraola (L) and Como's Spanish coach Cesc Fabregas (R) embrace before the start of the pre-season friendly football match between Liverpool and Como at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images)

Villarreal's players look dejected at the end of the Spanish league football match between Racing Santander and Villarreal in El Sardinero stadium in Santander on August 16, 2026. The match ended in a draw 2-2. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP via Getty Images)

Liverpool's Spanish head coach Andoni Iraola waits for the staret of the pre-season friendly football match between Liverpool and Como at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images)

Villarreal's Portuguese defender #12 Renato Veiga (R) reacts at the end of the Spanish league football match between Racing Santander and Villarreal in El Sardinero stadium in Santander on August 16, 2026. The match ended in a draw 2-2. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP via Getty Images)

Schalke's German goalkeeper #01 Loris Karius shakes hands with Real Madrid's English midfielder #05 Jude Bellingham after the pre-season friendly football match between FC Schalke 04 and Real Madrid in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on August 16, 2026. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)

Villarreal's Georgian forward #09 Georges Mikautadze fights for the ball with Racing Santander's Uruguayan defender #16 Facundo Gonzalez during the Spanish league football match between Racing Santander and Villarreal in El Sardinero stadium in Santander on August 16, 2026. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP via Getty Images)

Villarreal's Georgian forward #09 Georges Mikautadze (down) fights for the ball with Racing Santander's Uruguayan defender #16 Facundo Gonzalez during the Spanish league football match between Racing Santander and Villarreal in El Sardinero stadium in Santander on August 16, 2026. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP via Getty Images)

Lens' supporters stand in front of a logo of the team outside the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, ahead of the French Super Cup (Trophee des Champions) football match between RC Lens and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), in Lens, northern France on August 16, 2026. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP via Getty Images)