Bournemouth secure their highest Premier League points tally thanks to a long-term project that has been years in the making
immediately impressed staff with his attitude. Iraola, by then 33 and in the twilight of his playing career, was brought in specifically for his experience after captaining Athletic Bilbao for four seasons, but he quickly established himself as a team player, known for his humility as much as his leadership.to their record points tally in the top flight, the Cherries officially surpassing the team Eddie Howe led to ninth place with 46 points in 2017.
In Spain, he would talk of “grieving” defeats, a heated Copa del Rey in his final match perhaps the most painful of all. The showpiece might have been held at the Bernabeu to ensure a bigger capacity, but those plans were scuppered amid rumoured discomfort at the implications of either Barcelona’s Catalans or Bilbao’s Basques winning the King’s trophy at Real Madrid’s home – a political symbol for the separatists of those regions.
The goal was to evolve quickly – inspired by the models of both Brentford and Brighton – but without throwing out the gains already made since consolidating their top flight return in 2022.It has taken time too for fans to trust that process. The scars still run deep from the two occasions – in 1997 and 2009 – when the club came perilously close to extinction.
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