'Iraola's next club are getting a top operator'published at 15:51 BST 24 May
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Naz Premji
BBC Final Score commentator at the City Ground
When Andoni Iraola replaced Gary O'Neil as Bournemouth manager in 2023 no one could have predicted the journey he was going to take the Cherries on.
Today, as he manages the south coast club for the last time, he has secured European football for the first time in their history and if they win today to secure sixth spot they could be in the Champions League thanks to Aston Villa's Europa League success, depending on a series of results.
Assistant manager Tommy Elphick has said getting into Europe supersedes earning promotion to the top flight. We don't know where Iraola will end up next but whichever club he goes to will be getting a top class coach who has proved what a top operator he is. He has constantly evolved the Cherries squad and had to deal with losing top stars and then creating new ones.











