BREAKING Bournemouth verify new supervisor after Andoni Iraola exit
Andoni Iraola revealed last week he will leave Bournemouth when his contract expires at the end of the season, bringing an end to a successful three-year reign
Andoni Iraola(Image: Getty Images)
Bournemouth have appointed Marco Rose as Andoni Iraola’s successor.
The German has agreed a three-year deal at the Vitality Stadium. Rose will officially take charge in the summer, but the deal has been made to allow both the new boss and club to plan for next season after Iraola confirmed he would be leaving the club.
The Spaniard revealed last week he will leave the Cherries when his contract expires at the end of the season, bringing an end to a successful three-year reign. Iraola guided Bournemouth to 12th place in his first campaign, achieving a then-club record of 48 points.
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The Cherries then finished ninth last season with a record 56 points and also reached the FA Cup quarter-finals. Despite hoping to extend the Spaniard’s stay, Bournemouth were prepared for that scenario and have moved quickly to appoint his replacement as part of their long-term project.
And Rose, who has been without a club since he was sacked by RB Leipzig in March 2025, arrived on the south coast with a wealth of experience at the highest level of European football, having managed Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Monchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, and Leipzig.
Bournemouth currently sit eighth in the Premier League table, level on points with sixth-placed Chelsea, amid a 13-game unbeaten run. And the club said in a statement confirming the appointment of Rose that their immediate focus remains firmly on finishing the current campaign as strongly as possible.
Iraola has been linked with a return to former team Athletic Bilbao, as well as the Manchester United job. But speaking last week, he insisted that his decision to leave Bournemouth was “not about any other club”.
He said: “The decision was not about any other club. There has been no other club involved, it was about continuing here or not continuing here.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do next season. I don’t know if I’m going to coach a team, a club, coach a national team, coach in this continent, I’m not going to coach. I have no idea what’s going to happen.
“I don’t have any rush to know it. I’ve taken a big decision for me now in this moment. Now I want to focus on what will happen in these six games. It’ll be massive for us. There’s going to be time to think, if we have to think, on something else.”
Before he added: “It has been a decision that has taken me a lot of time to take, it hasn’t been a clear decision.
“Always during this process, this season, I’ve been talking to the club about the situations, they were very aware this could happen.
“There is not always one main reason. The decision I’ve taken is because probably I don’t want to risk the feeling I have right now of satisfaction of these three seasons. You try to envision yourself in a possible fourth season, a possible fifth season and everything costs more.
“We as human beings get tired of watching the same phases. I suppose I decided this was the right moment to put an end to this journey that for me has been really special.”
