Iraola will hand the reigns over to Rose this summer, after the Basque boss led the Cherries to the Europa league and a record Premier League season for the club.
It is understood that Iraola was happy and not surprised when he was told that Rose was the leading candidate to take over from him this summer, after he announced that he would be leaving at the end of the season back in April.
The outgoing Cherries boss has long been an admirer of the incoming head coach, and spoke of his Borussia Monchengladbach side as ‘one of his favourites’ in a 2023 interview in Spain, before his arrival in Dorset.
Marco Rose. (Image: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
From Rose's side, he was keen to speak to Iraola once he had been given the role, and, speaking in his post match press conference at Nottingham Forest after his final game in charge, Iraola confirmed they had already been in touch and he was keen to help.
Bournemouth were quick in appointing Iraola’s successor when the boss confirmed his intention to leave the club at the end of the season at the conclusion of his contract.
Iraola’s departure was announced on April 14, and Rose’s appointment was announced on April 20.
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The two coaches play a similar style of football, and the Cherries were keen to ensure the boss for next season was in place quickly and, with Rose out of work since he left RB Leipzig in 2025, he was swiftly confirmed.
The German came to Bournemouth and the club's performance centre this week, as previously he sought to keep his distance before the end of the season, with Iraola taking Bournemouth to the Europa League.
Rose has experience in that competition, as he guided RB Salzburg to the semifinals in the 2017/18 campaign.
Iraola was asked if he had been in touch with Rose and what advice he had given him, ahead of the German taking the helm at Bournemouth
He said: “Definitely I will try to help him.
Marco Rose. (Image: Martin Rose/Getty Images)
“Obviously you don't want to give them everything because Marco will come, sometimes it's better to come open-minded.
“But definitely I will try to help. He's a manager that I followed and I admire. For me, he's very, very good, and he's going to be very good for Bournemouth and these players.
“And we've been in touch a little bit, and for sure we will try to help him in a humble way, a little bit of information, not too much, because he has clear ideas.
“But I think he is good because the relationship with the club, with the players, with Marco in this case, is so open and so honest that I think, normally it doesn't happen in clubs, but in this case, how everything has gone, I think it's a natural step to be in touch a little bit.”