Jack Pitt-Brooke

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1,033 appearances 20 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Where next for Iraola? · 27 May 2026 podcast

And I think also the fact of being a free agent as well. matched

Clubs don't want to pay transfer fees to managers. matched

They don't want to try and extricate a manager from a job. matched

They want someone who they can just sign. matched

So I think if you put those three things together, the style of play, the fact that his style is proven in the Premier League and he's on the market, I think that is just three really big ticks. matched

On top of that, he's also like a really, I mean, John was talking earlier about how he worked with the staff at Bournemouth. matched

He is like an incredibly popular, likeable person. matched

in a way that I think people really, really warm to him. matched

So many modern managers have a bit of a megalomaniac tendency. matched

Iriola does not in the slightest. matched

And I think that really appeals to people as well. matched

So I think that for all those reasons, I think he is the hottest property in the market as well. matched

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john might pipe up and say well technically pep guardiola is a free agent now and that is and that is of course literally true and the one other thing which is worth getting on here is that ariana is still fairly young like he's only had what two big managerial jobs he's definitely he has that thing which a lot of clubs want which is he feels like he's still in the kind of upward phase of his career you're not getting someone whose best achievements were 5 10 15 years ago matched

And that is hugely attractive as well to clubs. matched

It is of benefit. matched

I do think that... matched

This is the kind of one issue I would, or the one question mark I would have about Ira Iola going to a really big club is that I think that if you're going to manage a big, if you're going to manage a huge club, I think that there are certain expectations about how you carry yourself in public and the things that you say in public and your ability to withstand pressure matched

Your ability to withstand a lot of pressure and scrutiny, but also your ability to speak to thousands, maybe even millions of fans out there who are hanging on your every word. matched

And the requirement of being the public face of the institution for a club that size, that can really weigh down on people. matched

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