Former Rayo Vallecano manager Andoni Iraola made the move to the Premier League in the summer of 2023 with a burgeoning reputation as a tactician but little to indicate the revolution he would lead on the south coast.
Bournemouth had just finished 15th in the first season of their second ever spell in the top division. Gary O’Neil was shoved aside to bring in the Spaniard, a bold decision not unlike the one that brought Mauricio Pochettino to England just down the M27 a decade ago.
