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

Just look at the league table. matched

So I'm not sure whether, I'm not sure how much sense that would actually make for him. matched

I think in terms of what might suit his sort of steady career progression better, rather than jumping straight into Anfield hot seat, there's been a lot of talk about Bayer Leverkusen. matched

And I think Bayer Leverkusen, if you look at, say, Xabi Alonso, you can see that this is a club which can be very strategic, which can... matched

give a good manager the chance to embed his ideas over time with access to some pretty good players. matched

And maybe he would look at Xabi Alonso going from Bayer Leverkusen, winning the lot, going to Real Madrid. matched

I think actually, maybe that is the next step rather than going all the way up to one of the super clubs already. matched

One further point on the timing of his departure. matched

I don't want to sound like I'm undermining or begrudging his achievement this season, but Bournemouth played 40 games this season. matched

They got knocked straight out of both domestic cup competitions. matched

And if you have a 40-game season... matched

that's obviously going to massively boost your league position, right? matched

Because the players will simply be less tired. matched

And particularly if you play a really physically demanding, physically intense style of play like he does at the moment. matched

Bournemouth next year go straight into the Europa League League phase. matched

That means they have eight games in the Europa League League phase. matched

That means Bournemouth will be playing a minimum of 48 games next season. matched

But if they progress in the League Cup, the FA Cup, Europa League, that could well be going all the way through the 50s, maybe into the 60s. matched

That is going to be such a change to what the players are used to. matched

And I think it would present such challenges to Iriola trying to play that intense style of play twice a week, every week, doing those constant Thursday, Sunday turnarounds, which is not something they've had to deal with this season. matched

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