Everything pointed to the fact that Liverpool I wasn’t going to press the ‘red button’ and, surely, that’s why Xabi Alonso ended in the Chelsea. However, once a season had ended that had been far from meeting expectations, the board decided to end the relationship with Arne Slot so that Andoni Iraola assume the team’s performance. The agreement is imminent.
The technician Usurbil has done well to land on a great bench after three seasons in a Bournemouth that, despite losing its top references, each year it has improved… until certifying the classification to Europa League for the first time in its history. In fact, until the last day of the premier They were fighting to enter Champions after linking up to 18 days without losing.
On April 14, Andoni Iraola made his departure official Bournemouth how quickly he announced the arrival of Marco Rose to the bench Vitality Stadium. Since then, he began to be associated with countless teams: his own Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Milan or Bayer Leverkusen They became interested in their services.
IraolaHowever, he was in no hurry to make a decision. He didn’t want to rush and has waited patiently until the right opportunity came… knowing that Arne Slot I was on a tightrope. The ‘bomb’ exploded on Saturday with the dismissal of the Dutch coach and, from then on, negotiations have accelerated.
The presence of Richard Hughes as sports director of Liverpool. He was the man in charge of bringing Iraola from Vallecas to Bournemouth back in 2023. Now, their paths will cross again in Anfield to restart the reconstruction… after a summer in which they invested around 500 million in signings. Among them, a Milos Kerkez that exploded at the orders of Iraola.
With the confirmed departures of Konaté, Robertson and Salaha hectic summer is expected in a Liverpool that hopes to recover the essence of ‘Rock & Klopp’ with the arrival to the bench of Anfield by a Andoni Iraola who will face the most important challenge of a career that has only been on the rise: AEK Larnaca, Mirandés, Rayo and Bournemouth. He has certainly earned this opportunity.
In this way, the quota of four Spanish coaches in the premier. Not only that: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal), Andoni Iraola (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Chelsea) and Unai Emery (Aston Villa) They are all born in Guizúpcoa. That is to say, a province with just over 700,000 inhabitants represents 20% of the competition’s benches… while in the rest of the teams there are only three coaches born in England: Eddie Howe (Newcastle), Frank Lampard (Coventry City) and Michael Carrick (Manchester United).
