NEW DELHI: Simply hours after the shock sacking of Gary O’Neil, Bournemouth on Monday introduced the appointment of Andoni Iraola as their new supervisor.
Iraola has agreed a two-year contract with the Premier League membership.
“We’re so excited to welcome Andoni to the membership. Along with his contract in Spain coming to an finish this summer time we needed to behave rapidly,” Bournemouth chairman Invoice Foley stated.
O’Neil helped Bournemouth safe their top-flight survival final season, steering them to a 15th-placed end within the league after taking up from Scott Parker, however their type trailed off in direction of the tip of the marketing campaign.
Iraola joins Bournemouth after guiding Rayo Vallecano to an 11th-placed end in LaLiga final season, following a profitable three-year spell on the Spanish membership.
“We now have recognized quite a lot of targets within the switch market, which together with our January additions will complement our sturdy taking part in squad to offer Andoni the very best likelihood to consolidate our Premier League standing and maintain progressing,” Foley added.
American businessman Foley, who took over Bournemouth in December, stated in an earlier assertion that the change in supervisor would assist the membership higher execute their technique within the coming months.
“Gary’s achievement final season is one I’ll at all times be pleased about. This has been a troublesome determination, but it surely has been made with nice consideration to greatest place ourselves forward of the approaching season,” he stated.
“As a membership, we’ve got put plans in place for long-term success with enhancements being made to infrastructure, most notably the event of a brand new state-of-the-art coaching facility and the continuing discussions round upgrades to our stadium.
Iraola has agreed a two-year contract with the Premier League membership.
“We’re so excited to welcome Andoni to the membership. Along with his contract in Spain coming to an finish this summer time we needed to behave rapidly,” Bournemouth chairman Invoice Foley stated.
O’Neil helped Bournemouth safe their top-flight survival final season, steering them to a 15th-placed end within the league after taking up from Scott Parker, however their type trailed off in direction of the tip of the marketing campaign.
Iraola joins Bournemouth after guiding Rayo Vallecano to an 11th-placed end in LaLiga final season, following a profitable three-year spell on the Spanish membership.
“We now have recognized quite a lot of targets within the switch market, which together with our January additions will complement our sturdy taking part in squad to offer Andoni the very best likelihood to consolidate our Premier League standing and maintain progressing,” Foley added.
American businessman Foley, who took over Bournemouth in December, stated in an earlier assertion that the change in supervisor would assist the membership higher execute their technique within the coming months.
“Gary’s achievement final season is one I’ll at all times be pleased about. This has been a troublesome determination, but it surely has been made with nice consideration to greatest place ourselves forward of the approaching season,” he stated.
“As a membership, we’ve got put plans in place for long-term success with enhancements being made to infrastructure, most notably the event of a brand new state-of-the-art coaching facility and the continuing discussions round upgrades to our stadium.
“We… imagine this transformation in path will present us with the very best platform from which to construct.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
