Stability, coupled with a directive to build a team in his mould, are said to be far more important factors for Iraola than prestige.
It is likely that Iraola and his advisers are keeping their ears to the ground for what vacancies could be on the horizon.
Of course, the managerial market is gearing up to be extremely competitive heading into next season.
Xabi Alonso, Enzo Maresca and Ruben Amorim to name just three are currently out of work and available.
Glasner has confirmed he is leaving Palace at the end of the season. Thomas Frank, given his plight at Tottenham, could be available.
Then there are international managers Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Carlo Ancelotti and Julian Nagelsmann, who could also be out of work after the World Cup.
Indeed, the availability of so many top managers could benefit any plans Bournemouth have of trying to extend Iraola’s contract into another season.
But you would imagine Iraola will be asking himself whether he has taken Bournemouth as far as he can before making a decision on his future at the Vitality.
In the past two transfer windows Bournemouth have sold three of Iraola’s first-choice back four from last season – Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid, Milos Kerkez to Liverpool and Illia Zabarnyi to Paris St-Germain.
They have also sold attacking players Semenyo and Dango Ouattara.
The remaining member of last season’s defence – Marco Senesi – is set to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires, with sources indicating that he has no intention of signing a new one.
Bournemouth‘s recruitment strategy of buying young and selling big has been hugely successful.
The five aforementioned transfers raised a grand total £254m for Bournemouth.
In the summer of window of 2024 they also sold Dominic Solanke to Tottenham for £55m.
Teenage striker Junior Eli Kroupi, who has scored seven goals in eight starts since arriving from FC Lorient in the summer in a deal worth about £12m, is the latest to be catching attention.
Financially, the model has been a lucrative success for Bournemouth, yet it poses the question as to whether Iraola can fulfil his ambitions from a sporting perspective.
You would imagine it is a question Iraola will be asking himself over the next few weeks as he decides his future.
