22 h. ago ‘Football is not complicated’: Andoni Iraola on Bournemouth, birdsong and playing better

The travel-loving manager is staying put for now on the south coast after a record-breaking season – ‘I’m going to enjoy the years ahead of me’At Bournemouth’s uber-cool Canford Magna training base, a 57-acre site on a former golf course, Andoni Iraola is surrounded by bells and whistles. There is a hydrotherapy pool and an altitude chamber. “For me, those are like the extras,” says a manager used to getting his hands dirty from his days at AEK Larnaca in Cyprus and Mirandés in northern Spain.“I come from clubs where everybody has to do their job – and something else. I’ve needed to cut videos, make things, set up; we didn’t have goals with wheels so four of us would move them.” At Rayo Vallecano, even after promotion to La Liga, he explains how they happily made do with “training on one pitch and a third”. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola snubs lucrative approaches from Saudi Pro League

Andoni Iraola has just over one year remaining at on his current deal at Bournemouth but the Cherries are confident of tying down the Spaniard to fresh terms

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34 h. ago Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the final day of the season

Chelsea braced for City Ground cauldron, Rodri back on the scene and party vibes all round at Anfield• Golden Boot: how the leading scorers standBournemouth’s hopes of European football were vanquished after defeat to Manchester City on Tuesday but the Cherries, 11th on 53 points, could still achieve ninth spot and match their best finish in the Premier League (under Eddie Howe in 2016-17, although that was achieved with only 46 points). A home game against relegated Leicester looks to offer the perfect opportunity but the closing stretch has been tough for Andoni Iraola’s side, with the past 12 league games producing only two victories. Remarkably, a three-game league form table puts Leicester in fourth after home wins over Southampton and Ipswich either side of a 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest. Perhaps this won’t be the walkover most are expecting, and there could be a wistful feeling in the air at the Vitality on Sunday afternoon. No one can deny it has been a strong season but wh...

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3 d. ago He will be missed – Pep Guardiola leads tributes to Kevin De Bruyne

The Manchester City midfielder made his final appearance at the Etihad Stadium in the win over Bournemouth.

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8 d. ago Arne Slot leads Premier League Manager of the Season shortlist but Andoni Iraola snubbed

Liverpool boss will be runaway favourite for award after delivering the title in his maiden campaign at Anfield

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1 week ago Andoni Iraola fumes over ‘very violent’ Tyrone Mings elbow that fractured Alex Scott’s jaw

The Bournemouth midfielder went down in the sixth minute after clashing with Mings

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3 w. ago Marcus Rashford future in balance after Man Utd admit there's 'too many variables'

The inside story of why Marcus Rashford's future and where the Manchester United outcast may play his football next season has become even more complicated

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3 w. ago Bournemouth striker Evanilson has Manchester United red card overturned

The Brazilian was dismissed in the 70th minute of Sunday’s 1-1 draw with United at the Vitality Stadium following a challenge on Noussair Mazraoui.

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3 w. ago Everything can change – Ruben Amorim offers hope to Man Utd fans

United needed a stoppage-time goal to draw 1-1 with 10-man Bournemouth before rivals Liverpool won the title.

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4 w. ago Bournemouth boss makes Manchester United prediction amid Ruben Amorim admission

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is preparing his side to face the "best" Manchester United team on Sunday, despite the Red Devils' Europa League semi-final on the horizon

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