Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola is one of the candidates said to be a contender to replace Ange Postecoglou at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Tottenham Hotspur could look to court AFC Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola as a potential replacement for Ange Postecoglou, should the Australian be sacked by the North London outfit at the end of the season.

That’s according to GiveMeSport with Fabrizio Romano providing an update on the high-pressure situation at Spurs. Tottenham Hotspur have already been knocked out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup and languish 14th in the Premier League. That puts pressure on Europa League success, which Romano believes could keep Postecoglou in his job if silverware is delivered.

Romano said: "There are several names being monitored, Iraola is one of them for sure. But no decision has been made yet on Postecoglou, waiting also on Europa League campaign."

At this stage of the campaign, it seems likely that Postecoglou will be given until the end of the season but an internal decision on his future could be made if and when Spurs exit the Europa League. The team plays Eintracht Frankfurt in the Quarter Final next month with the Europa League final taking place on May 21 in Bilbao.

Bournemouth in talks with Andoni Iraola over future

Iraola has emerged as a candidate for the job having impressed at AFC Bournemouth. The former Rayo Vallecano man was named Premier League Manager of the Month in March 2024 and January 2025.

The Cherries are working on keeping their much-loved head coach with owner Bill Foley telling talkSPORT: “Tiago Pinto [sporting director] is talking to his agent and has been talking to Andoni and we are raising the topic.

“I hope that when I'm over in late April or Easter that I will have a chance to sit down with him and just talk to him about what his goals are and his aspirations. I know that our aspirations will equal his. He wants to do well, wants to build winning teams and we're here to support him.

“In terms of the UK, Bournemouth is about as good as it gets in terms of a location. It's a really great town, the people are wonderful so all that is yet to be revealed.

“He's an excellent coach, a humble man but he is serious and he really is a great coach of our team, and he leads their team, so we're definitely engaged in all these matters. The transfer window won't be until July but we have a number of targets that we're interested in to help support our own team.

“In fact, we have a half day meeting next week via Zoom to go through our team and see who we need to bring in how we need to supplement what we already have.

“We are doing really pretty well. We're not one of these teams that's under the gun for financial fair play. We're in pretty good shape and we don't have debt. We're kind of self-funding ourselves so I am optimistic. We just have have work to do.”

Ange Postecoglou confronts Spurs pressure

Speaking last week ahead of the Fulham match, Postecoglou confronted the pressure over his tenure. He said: "Yeah, the scrutiny is more because there's more noise, but that doesn't mean it needs to affect you.

"I've said many, many times that it doesn't concern me because I'm not really sure how people kind of perceive this role and particularly me as a person, that they would think that I would worry about tomorrow if there's a negative outcome. I just don't live my life that way. I don't speak that way. I don't think that way. I love what I do. I get up every day, take on the challenge, see where the possibilities are and keep moving.

"There's a lot of noise. I think there's always kind of two sides to that. One is people kind of do some critical analysis of what I do. Others, just like the story of a manager being under pressure, people get excited by that.

"Some people really enjoy that process for some bizarre reason and the more they try and push individuals, whether it's me or anyone else, to that sort of position, then it generates for them whatever sort of satisfaction they get out of it. But it doesn't infiltrate my world.

"Irrespective of what happened last night (vs AZ Alkmaar), I still would have gone home and asked my kids how the concert went. My life goes on. It's not that overwhelming that I feel the need to block it all out or to react to it. It doesn't bother me.”

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