The manager of Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola, pays little attention to the rumors binding him with Real Madrid, and insisted that his only objective is on the match of tomorrow against the Wolves.
Reports in Spain last week suggested that Madrid is closely interested in the former boss of Rayo Vallecano, Iraola, while they are considering a replacement of Carlo Ancelotti at the end of the season.
The 42 -year -old man shaped Bournemouth with real contenders for a place in the Champions League for next season despite a limited budget and a victory over the Wolves tomorrow will see them pass in fourth place in the Premier League.
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This alerted Madrid, but Iraola was not willing to fuel speculation when asked for the interest of the European champions today.
He said, “You know, you can’t control things you are talking about outside here. But we focus on the next game and really the situation is exactly the same as last week.
“I have already been in this business for many years as a player and as a coach, and I know how these things work and what is important and what does not matter. And for me, the important thing this week is the game we play tomorrow against the Wolves. It will be demanding, and it will be one, I don’t know if a key game because it’s always an important game, the next one. “”
The time to assess comes later – Iraola
Bournemouth has lost only one of their last 15 games in all competitions all competitions – and an unhappy defeat against Liverpool – but Iraola was not interested in the applause that presents themselves.
He added: “I don’t see him like that.
“For me, these things you analyze or assess or look at them at the end of the season. We are well, it’s true. This season, we play well in a fairly coherent way, but we will see where we will finish at the end.
“It’s good to be in a good time, in a good position right now, but they don’t give you anything in March. You know, it’s at the end of the season when you can get there or you can see how we have done it and we will see when we are there, not now. It’s not time for me to analyze or assess or nothing of these things. »»
Beware of wolves
Wolves have improved under Vitor Pereira and Iraola does not expect an easy game at Vitality Stadium despite the modest position of visitors in the table.
“If you analyze the last one, I think that eight games they played, they have mainly played all the teams at the top of the table and they have always been competitive and tomorrow I expect a very difficult game”, he said.
“I think they have very good individuals. If you especially see their defensive figures lately, the chances they recently conceded against the teams against which they played, is that they were very solid on the defensive. »»
