I speak to Andoni Iraola every week - he'll get Jurgen Klopp approval at Liverpool

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Then Iraola came in and there's been an improvement every season, 12th, then 9th, and 6th and a first European qualification this season."So I think that sort of says a lot about his ability as a coach to get a team like Bournemouth into Europe and regularly punching above their weight and fighting the top teams and getting good results throughout the season."I think that's a big reason why he's left while his stock is probably as high as it's been and that has obviously caused an awful lot of interest."FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageAny surprise he’s so coveted?"I don't think so.

He's a tremendous coach and he would do well anywhere."I think the questions that I've seen a number of Liverpool fans have and a number of people have is around his ability to step his style up into a team of bigger stature, like Liverpool, and whether it will work with Wednesday, Saturday games and whether that will translate."But I think with a squad with, maybe, more quality on paper, I think he'll be able to do his work well and make an impact."How much of the success of last season was down to the manager after the exodus of players?"I think the main thing is he knows his system, the players know his system and when there are departures, they know what's needed to fill in and I think he's made a couple of tactical tweaks this season but in the main, it's the same sort of identity of the squad."The recruitment team at Bournemouth did a tremendous job last summer in replacing the players that departed. Milos Kerkez headed to Liverpool, Adrien Truffert came in and Truffert has probably been Bournemouth's signing of the season and played every game."I think they've recruited really well here, Iraola has stayed true to his principles and made sure that the team is able to adapt and kick on even when losing those high-profile players."Was there any point while covering Bournemouth you thought, ‘this manager is special?’"For much of the time that I've done it, it's been pretty clear just how good he is.

I think games like that just show just how good Iraola is and just what he can bring to the league and potentially to Liverpool. We've all got on well with him and worked well with him in his time in Bournemouth and I think it's quite easy to warm to him so hopefully that will be the case up in Liverpool as well."Are you confident he can make the step up to a bigger club?"I think the key for Liverpool will be making sure that they've got a little bit of depth beyond the sort of starting team, just so that when they get into that December, January, February run, they have more bodies to call on."But I think his style would translate brilliantly.