The likes of Kieran McKenna, Marco Rose and even former boss Eddie Howe have been linked with the move and are among the favourites to take it on.
The job is sure to be an attractive proposition for candidates, but I think the club will likely have to make certain assurances particularly around the squad if they are to bring in the right man for the job.
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It is the current team and the side’s recruitment that make it such a draw for potential candidates.
The Cherries have named the teams with the second youngest average age across the season, and the group is stacked full of young prospects.
Junior Kroupi. (Image: Richard Crease)
Veljko Milosavljevic (18), Junior Kroupi (19), Rayan (19), Ben Gannon-Doak (20), Alex Jimenez (20), Alex Toth (20) and Alex Scott (22) have all been firmly a part of the first team this term.
Many of those have impressed with regular minutes, and they are sure to gain attention from clubs in the summer.
Bournemouth have recent form in letting a good chunk of their playing squad depart, with high profile departures this season.
In the summer, it was Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Milos Kerkez and Dango Ouattara who left, while Kepa returned from his loan spell.
Rayan (Image: Richard Crease)
In January, Antoine Semenyo departed for Manchester City.
If you look at the same fixture as this coming weekend, Newcastle away, last season, all six of those players started in the 4-1 win.
That is quite the rebuild, and huge credit has to be given to both Iraola for his management of the squad to see them succeed this term, and to the recruitment team for their signings.
But losing more than half of your team in less than a year is not ideal at all. While that was never the plan to sell so many at once, incoming bosses will look at that and will likely look for assurances that that will not happen again without good reason.
Alex Scott (Image: Steven Paston/PA Wire)
With squad cost ratio rules coming in next season, the Cherries will have to tread the line even more carefully than they currently are, and that could make things tighter, but for a project to build, a new coach will want time.
One or two starting players leaving is often only natural, and you can understand it for a club of Bournemouth’s size.
But the Cherries must keep a hold of the majority of their current playing squad if they would like to build and if they are to attract the right boss to lead them forward.