named Iraola named Barclays Manager of the Month

Andoni Iraola has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for January 2025, winning the award for the second time in his career.

Iraola led AFC Bournemouth through the month unbeaten, winning three matches and drawing the other, with his team scoring 12 goals in the process.

His team began January with a 1-0 win over Everton, followed by a 2-2 draw at Chelsea. The Cherries then won 4-1 away to a Newcastle United side who were undefeated in nine matches across all competitions, before they ended the month with an incredible 5-0 win against third-placed Nottingham Forest, a result that extended Bournemouth’s unbeaten league run to 11 matches and moved them up to sixth place in the table. 

Iraola adds to his Barclays Manager of the Month award from March 2024, making him the second Bournemouth manager to win the award on multiple occasions, after Eddie Howe, who won it three times with the Cherries between 2017 and 2018 before joining current club Newcastle.

Iraola topped a four-man shortlist that also included Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Newcastle’s Howe, after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of experts. 

Bournemouth have won a January awards treble, after Justin Kluivert was named the EA SPORTS Player of the Month and David Brooks won the Guinness Goal of the Month.