Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has no issues with having to change his plans because he has lost so many players. Defender Illia Zabarnyi is close to completing a £57m move to Paris St-Germain. It would follow on from Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez as a big money exit from the squad that finished a club record equalling ninth in the Premier League last term. Rather than be irritated by the losses, Iraola treats the demand to find solutions as a challenge, as he outlined when he spoke to BBC Sport in Atlanta just over a week ago.
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has no issues with having to change his plans because he has lost so many players.
Defender Illia Zabarnyi is close to completing a £57m move to Paris St-Germain. It would follow on from Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez as a big money exit from the squad that finished a club record equalling ninth in the Premier League last term.
Rather than be irritated by the losses, Iraola treats the demand to find solutions as a challenge, as he outlined when he spoke to BBC Sport in Atlanta just over a week ago.
"I do not want to lose players but when the window is open, you never know what's going to happen," he said.
"Obviously, if the more important players stay with us, it's going to be easier - but if something else happens, we will also adapt.
"We will be like the club. They will be ready for whatever the situation is - and we will do our job.
"Whatever the scenario is, when the market finishes, the club will give us the players to compete."
Iraola is aware of the additional scrutiny on him this season after Bournemouth came so close to securing European qualification for the first time.
However, he is adamant he will not allow past success to be the measure by which he is judged this term.
"It has to be a reset," Iraola added. "We start from zero. Everyone starts from zero.
"Once you play one or two games, nobody will remember what we did last season."
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