Bournemouth announce new manager after Andoni Iraola confirms exit

Bournemouth have announced their new manager for the 2025/26 season, after current boss Andoni Iraola confirmed he would leave the club at the end of the campaign.

Marco Rose, 49, is set to join the Cherries on a three-year deal after the end of the current Premier League season, the club revealed.

"Everyone at AFC Bournemouth looks forward to welcoming Marco to Vitality Stadium as he begins his role as head coach in the summer," an official statement from Bournemouth read.

"The club's immediate focus remains firmly on finishing the current campaign as strongly as possible, with the players and staff continuing to show full commitment to achieving positive results and building on the current 13-game unbeaten run."

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Rose was one of three candidates considered by the club, who currently sit eighth in the Premier League, along with Ipswich Town's Kieran McKenna and Rayo Vallecano's Inigo Perez.

The former Borussia Dortmund coach, who has never managed in England before, arrives on the south coast with pedigree from the German Bundesliga.

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