{"id":255,"date":"2026-04-23T22:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/2026\/04\/23\/leading-target-tipped-to-accept-newcastle-convincing-offer-on-three-conditions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:30:50","slug":"leading-target-tipped-to-accept-newcastle-convincing-offer-on-three-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Leading&#8217; target tipped to accept Newcastle &#8216;convincing offer&#8217; on three conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>AFC Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been backed to choose Newcastle United over Chelsea this summer on three conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, it was confirmed that <strong>forever<\/strong> will leave Bournemouth when his contract expires at the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old has emerged as one of the best young managers in Europe and has done a superb job at Bournemouth, so he will not be short of options in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>It was initially suggested that he could be lured back to La Liga side Athletic Bilbao, but it has now emerged that former Borussia Dortmund boss Edin Terzic is likely to be their next boss.<\/p>\n<p>This opens the door for Iraola to join another Premier League club, with <strong>a report on Wednesday night claiming he is the \u2018leading contender\u2019 of ten options to replace Liam Rosenior at Chelsea. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: BlueCo have turned Chelsea into the most unattractive big job in Europe<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Iraola may be put off by the mess at Chelsea, and Newcastle are among his other options as they consider whether to move past Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Iraola could choose Newcastle<\/h2>\n<p>And a report from <em>Football Insider<\/em> and ex-Premier League chief scout Mick Brown claims Iraola could choose Newcastle over other Premier League clubs if he is assured of three things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndoni Iraola would be a brilliant option if they could get him,\u201d Brown told Football Insider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: The serious sadness behind the demise of LinkedIn spoofer Liam Rosenior<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0b629b85ba2abe5ff39df9829ee5fb57\" image-id=\"mcfcaYNhthZ1\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it all depends on what they decide to do with Eddie Howe, but if they\u2019re looking to bring somebody else in, Iraola will be among their top options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got experience in the Premier League and he\u2019s done a fantastic job with Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether he would be willing to go to Newcastle, it depends on what they\u2019re going to be able to offer him and if they\u2019ll be able to spend in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s been a big problem for Eddie Howe, they\u2019re the richest club in the world or so they say, but they\u2019ve been limited when it comes to signing players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Newcastle can make a convincing offer about their project, spending and ambitions for the future, they could be a better option than a lot of the other clubs looking at him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Chelsea player William Gallas thinks his former club should avoid Iraola and appoint Diego Simeone instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are thinking about the short-term, to have success straight away, they need that experienced head to guide them like Diego Simone and with his personality he can win things very soon with Chelsea,\u201d Gallas told BoyleSports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the Chelsea players need him too because we need to see more warriors and soldiers in the team after what they\u2019ve shown us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you need that type of manager who is a little bit more harsh on the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Inside Rosenior\u2019s Chelsea sacking: Glasses jokes, \u2018the supply teacher\u2019 and \u2018the final straw\u2019<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been backed to choose Newcastle United over Chelsea this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}