{"id":5461,"date":"2026-05-07T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:29:57","slug":"andoni-iraola-close-to-premier-league-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5461","title":{"rendered":"Andoni Iraola close to Premier League switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The Basque coach is staying in England!<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Andoni Iraola is naturally a sought-after manager. A Premier League debutant with the Cherries, he&#8217;s transformed Bournemouth. From relegation survivors in their first campaign to a record points total, to 6th in the league this season, he&#8217;s proved his worth in an instant. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Despite serious success on the South Coast, he recently announced that he would be departing for a new challenge in the new season, upon the expiry of his contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Yet to finalise his next club, The Telegraph recently reported that Manchester United would be interested. A move to his native Athletic Bilbao was also originally on the cards too, though Edin Terzic\u00a0was eventually appointed instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He has also been heavily linked with the Chelsea role, with Blue Co looking for their next permanent manager in the summer following the departure of Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Despite the potential moves from other big Premier League sides, Spanish outlet El Chiringuito have reported that the Basque-born gaffer is close to a move to Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Palace, the FA Cup holders, are losing their legend in Oliver Glasner. He&#8217;s won major trophies in South London and is one game from a major European final, with Palace taking a healthy 3-1 advantage to Selhurst Park after winning comfortably at Shakhtar Donetsk. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This poses a serious possibility of Europa League football for Iraola next season, which would undoubtedly entice the free-to-move gaffer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Andoni #Iraola #close #Premier #League #switch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Basque coach is staying in England! Andoni Iraola is naturally a sought-after manager. A Premier League debutant with the Cherries, he&#8217;s transformed Bournemouth. From relegation survivors in their first campaign to a record points total, to 6th in the league this season, he&#8217;s proved his worth in an instant. Despite serious success on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5617,2510,4506,785,1427,3546],"class_list":{"0":"post-5461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-andoni","9":"tag-close","10":"tag-iraola","11":"tag-league","12":"tag-premier","13":"tag-switch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}