Andoni Iraola will arrive at Anfield charged with giving Liverpool their football team back. And that's quite a challenge, considering the one Arne Slot leaves behind had become unrecognisable to all those associated with the club. Yet people have short memories.
Just 12 months ago Liverpool were crowned the champions of England once again. It's true Slot then proceeded to take his team on an unforeseen trip backwards faster than Lando Norris in reverse. And there will be no Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson or Diogo Jota for Iraola to turn to, in terms of influence and inspiration.
Perhaps the tragic death of Jota took more of a toll on the squad than people either realise or appreciate? Who knows. But Iraola must do two things once he takes the reins.
Which will be to make it clear this is a fresh start for all those involved, while stamping his identity on a group of players which remain amongst the most talented in the Premier League. The bottom line for managers is getting results, which means getting the maximum from those footballers at their disposal.
Something Slot did, then didn't do, in two rollercoaster seasons on Merseyside. Slot sucked the fun out of Liverpool's football. Liverpool went from 'heavy metal' football under Jurgen Klopp, to that kind of annoying and irrelevant background music forced on people during phone calls to the bank.
It all led to a toxic atmosphere inside one of the cathedrals of football. Liverpool's owners have recognised this and acted. Turning to a manager who creates teams with intensity, passion and an apparent love of being out there in the heat of battle.
Qualities those millions of Liverpool supporters around the world will relate to. Iraola has the benefit of a close relationship with Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes, who recommended the Spaniard to Bournemouth back in 2023. The pair have remained tight.
Hughes knows better than most Iraola's obsession with routine, preparation, high counter-pressing and rapid football. And he now wants him to implement this on the west coast, instead of the south.
Iraola once said he prefers "chaos over organisation". Which is a good job, considering he is about to walk into a club mired in the former. And now he has to make it mean something.
At Bournemouth he had a whole week to prepare for a game, because his club were not in Europe. He won't be granted this luxury at Liverpool. So somehow he needs to restore the confidence and class in a squad which will be facing games every three days. And failure won't be an option.
He will oversee training sessions that will be shorter but more intense. And he will be in the thick of them, rather than leaving it to others on his coaching team.
Anfield has to become a fortress again. A place visiting sides don't want to go to. While the small matter of a World Cup will hamper Iraola's planning and preparation.
But once he gets to work with a full squad again later this summer, his reputation - and those belonging to Liverpool's owners - will be instantly on the line.