{"id":608962,"date":"2026-05-28T18:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608962\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:54:13","slug":"andoni-iraola-in-advanced-talks-with-european-giants-and-could-face-bournemouth-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608962\/","title":{"rendered":"Andoni Iraola in advanced talks with European giants – and could face Bournemouth next season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayer Leverkusen are in advanced talks to make Andoni Iraola their next manager, talkSPORT understands.<\/p>\n

The former Bournemouth<\/a> manager is highly-sought after having guided the Cherries to Europa League qualification.<\/p>\n

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Leverkusen are advancing in talks with Iraola as they look to appoint a new managerCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> have also shown interest in hiring Iraola<\/a> as their new boss.<\/p>\n

However, the Conference League winners are less confident of securing his services amid the discussions with Leverkusen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Palace remain on the hunt for a manager, with Oliver Glasner<\/a> leaving the club this summer.<\/p>\n

Wednesday night’s win over Rayo Vallecano<\/a> was the Austrian’s final match in charge of the Eagles.<\/p>\n

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Iraola’s departure from Bournemouth<\/a> after three years in charge was confirmed in April.<\/p>\n

A number have clubs have shown an interest in the 43-year-old.<\/p>\n

As well as Leverkusen and Palace, AC Milan also shortlisted Iraola<\/a> after sacking Massimiliano Allegri earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The Cherries have since replaced Iraola with Marco Rose<\/a> ahead of next season.<\/p>\n

Rose has signed a three-year deal at the Vitality Stadium, having been available after leaving RB Leipzig in March 2025.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old won the DFB Pokal with the Bundesliga<\/a> outfit after previous spells with Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach and RB Salzburg.<\/p>\n

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Iraola had been a target for Palace, but the Eagles are less confident of appointing himCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

His arrival follows their sixth place finish in the Premier League<\/a>, the highest in the club’s 127-year history.<\/p>\n

As a result, Bournemouth have also qualified for Europe for the first time and will compete in next term’s Europa League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Potential Iraola reunion<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Leverkusen are set to replace Kasper Hjulmand in the dugout this summer.<\/p>\n

After succeeding Erik ten Hag<\/a> in September, the Danish boss could only achieve a sixth place finish in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Leverkusen have also earned a spot in the Europa League.<\/p>\n

They could face Bournemouth in the league phase, with a potential reunion with Iraola now on the cards.<\/p>\n

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Iraola could face Bournemouth in the Europa League next term if he joins LeverkusenCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Leverkusen reached the final of the competition as recently as 2024, but were beaten by Atalanta.<\/p>\n

It followed their UEFA Cup victory in 1988, where they emerged victorious over Espanyol in the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen are in advanced talks to make Andoni Iraola their next manager, talkSPORT understands. The former Bournemouth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[137252,3976,2296,207337,1649,2600,218,101,110,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-608962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-andoni-iraola","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-manager","tag-crystal-palace","tag-europa-league","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}