 Hello and welcome to the official AFC Bournemouth podcast coming to you as ever from Vitality Stadium. Our job here is to bring you closer to some of those personalities collected to the club throughout the course of the season, be it first team players, staff, management or academy personnel. Now for those of you who are new here, my name is Zoe Rundle and I'm part of the media team here at AFC Bournemouth. Today I'm once again privileged to be in the company of Neil Parrott, a fountain of AFC Bournemouth knowledge and someone that has been following the fortunes of the club for the last 30 years. Neil, it's great to be back. Can I start by wishing you a very happy new season? Thank you very much Zoe. Happy new season to you. Can't wait now. First game on the horizon. A few new signings in the door already. Really looking forward to see how things are going to go. Obviously got a new head coach as well so can't wait. Well we've got quite possibly our most exciting guest yet, someone that's new to England and new to the Cherries but has an incredibly impressive CV. So without further ado it's my pleasure to introduce Antoni Iroiola on our official club podcast. Antoni, thank you so much for your time and for joining us. First things first, how are you? Hi, thank you Zoe. I'm good, I'm good. I'm looking forward to start the season because it's really close. We've been preparing this precision to be in our best moment for the game against West Ham and we'll see it very soon. How have you settled in obviously both here at Vitality Stadium and away from the football? I think everything has been, you have been quite helpful I would say. Things have been really easy in the pitch outside the football because I started living in a hotel, now I already have a house, I already have a car so I can win some independence and I can explore my own, do my own research and explore some places. Antoni, you said you'd already been to Dyrdledor to have a look round. Is there anywhere else that you're particularly looking to go to? Yes, I've been also walking through the old Harri Rocks area, until Swanatch. I love the places, I love to walk, I think it's a really lovely area. I have also some recommendations to go to Creecharch, also to some beautiful places where we can have a walk also and have things to do. I can truly recommend Highcliff and Oni because that's where I live and it's next door to Christchurch so you're more than welcome to come round for a cup of tea one day. I appreciate it. Now you've kept your family life very private. Are we allowed to know how your wife and children are settling in as well? Yes, I'm waiting, I'm still waiting for them. I think probably this week or next week they will be able to come because these visa issues take time and they are waiting for the visa to be everything solved so they can fly here. But yes, yes, we already done our homework with the schools, with this staff and I have my wife and two children, my daughter is 8, my son is 3 and I'm sure they will suffer at the beginning with the language and all these things but I think it's going to be a very good experience for them. How did your wife take to the fact that you were all going to be moving over to England? She's used, she's used because at the end with our job you have to be ready all the time, even from my football career let's say even if it was almost in the same place but we have to be ready, you never know when you are going to have to move and she's used, she's really happy to come here, I think it's, I've told her, we've been lucky with the area, with the city, with the people living here and I'm sure they will all enjoy it. Now we're going to go right back to the very start for you, just tell us a little bit about your childhood and your upbringing. Well I think quite normal, quite normal, I was raised in the vast country in San Sebastian, actually in a town outside San Sebastian in Surville, it's a small town and something pretty normal, I used to play football but I actually didn't realize that I had a chance to become a football player until quite late I would save you until I started playing for athletic youth teams in the academy but I was already 16, I think 16 years old, something like this so everything until the 16 years old period was not so football related. So when you were younger did you follow football, did you watch football because some players here they say I grow up and I was football mad, football was everything, how was that for you? I love all the sports, I love all the sports, even here that I didn't know cricket, I've been watching, I've been learning with the asias, these games and I love all the sports. I like football but I love cycling, I love a lot of different sports and I used to watch a lot when I was younger. Did you have a favorite team or a favorite player or anything? I remember in my moment probably the player I kind of idolized was Michael Ladrup, Danish player, he played for Barca, for Real Madrid later, Juventus previously. Probably was the only player I could say okay I was always looking at him and trying to learn things from him but it's the only thing I remember. Now obviously we know that Justin Cliver's dad and grandfather were footballers as well. What about you, are you from a footballing family? No, no, no, my father is the only one that likes to watch games. My mother, even my wife, my wife normally doesn't even watch our games. Normally he asks me okay, you are going to be happy but she doesn't understand the game. She is normally not talking too much about football that I think is a very good thing for me. Now I understand that you gave up a law degree to pursue a career in football. Just tell us about that decision. Now I wouldn't say exactly like this. I started playing football and for the moment I had to decide that I was going to the university. I was already kind of very close to the first team so I had to decide to go for a career where I could pass the exams, I could do something without going to class because I had already the professional trainings in the morning, even double sessions. So I went to classes just twice a week probably and I managed to go until I think it was kind of more than half of the career but I haven't finished it. So what do you think you'd be doing now if you hadn't made it as a footballer? I really don't know because I really don't really like the law of these things. It was quite good in my studies. You need to go to university to do something but I don't think I would follow this route. I don't know. Something else I don't know. I read somewhere that you once fancied opening a bookshop. Is that true? Yes, we talk a lot about this. Probably now it's not the best period to open a bookshop because almost all the people I read with the ebooks and all these things that I really like to read. I really like to be involved with this kind to go to a bookshop to spend 30, 40 minutes looking for new books, new chances and I've always talked about these things. Now you started in the youth ranks at Andy Walker, an amateur club near your hometown. Just tell us about that club and some of the players that you came across there. Yes, it has been strange because in that moment it was not kind of famous but they have become famous. They don't have a first team, let's say they only have under 18s. So we were playing there not with the hopes of becoming really professional football players because enjoying with the friends and actually we finished having a really good team. We had very good results and in our later years there a lot of players were playing together there. We finished in the best academies there in the best country and even in other areas of Spain and some of them, I would say a lot of them, we've become football players. Now you then moved to Athletic Bill Bowie, you spent 15 years there in your four seasons as captain. The club reached two Copa del Rey finals, a Europa League final and qualified for the Champions League. You must look back at that time as some really fond memories. Yes, of course, it has been my club, forever will be my club. I think I've spent almost half of my life there in the academy, in the first team I've played. I think one more final that you said about Copa del Rey, I've lost them all. I've lost all the finals I've played because Europa League final we lost, the three Copa del Rey finals, the Super Cup we lost. But we were there, we were almost, we played for the Champions League, a lot of games also in Europa League. And probably the thing that it's not completely fooled about my career is I couldn't win a trophy with them. I played a lot of finals, we did very good things, we played in Europe, successful career I would say. But we didn't at the end win any final and that's probably the only thing I would change of my football career. Now you rarely missed a game over the spell that you were there. Would you consider yourself to be fortunate with injuries and things like that? Yes, I've been fortunate, I've been fortunate. I wasn't really, for being a right back, I wasn't very, very explosive, I wasn't super fast. I could maintain, I could go up and down all the game but I wasn't so explosive so probably that's one of the reasons. Probably the players that are faster, they have more risk of muscle injuries. And I've been quite lucky, this has allowed me to play a lot of games during my career. And probably at the end of my career is when I started feeling okay. Now it's not the same, now you start feeling soft issues but you start feeling the games you've already played. Now you played under no fewer than seven different coaches as well. Now I know that's part and parcel of football. What was that like for a player? I think in that moment probably you are not thinking, for sure I was not thinking in my coaching career. When you are playing I don't think there are a lot of players that think that they will continue as coaches. But I've been quite lucky with coaches I've had. Really good ones, probably the one who influenced me more was Ernesto Valverde because I had him in the young teams, in the second team. He was the one who gave me the chance to become a pro football player to make my debut in first division. And I also had him at the end of my career and he has been very important for me. And I also had Martela Bielsa, Vicente del Bosque with the national team, very very good coaches overall. Is it fair to say that you take the good and the bad things from all the coaches into your coaching career? You try, you try to take the good but it's difficult because you see the football one way and you try to take some exercises from this coach, the others from the other one, the way we present for opposition goal kicks from the other one. But it's difficult to take everything from the same coach because you see things probably differently. And probably also I would say Patrick Vera was my last coach when we finished in the United States. He showed me also another way of watching the game, more positional football, more kind of he came from Manchester City Academy. So we tried to replicate a little bit what they were doing with the first team and for me was a little bit different and really good for my coaching career. Now you were captain, you took penalties and you took free kicks. You obviously didn't let anybody get hold of the ball. How important are all those roles to you now in head coaching? It's not like the first person who gets the ball takes the free kick. It's all got to be orchestrated. Yes, it has to be orchestrated. At the end there is a part where players have to make the decisions. If you don't feel confident enough, okay, it's probably a good decision not to take the penalty. But it's not okay. Whoever comes and thinks that no, no, there has to be a previous consensus, a order. And then at the end it's the player who takes the decision. Even if you say, okay, if there is a penalty, I don't know, whoever has to take it. If you don't feel confident, probably it's the best option to leave it for the second one. But it has to be in some kind of logic, some kind of order. And I think, and almost all the teams, I think it will be like this. And the captaincy is obviously a vital role as well that you were in and you're choosing a captain here as well. Yes, for me it was big responsibility because also Athletic Club is not like any other club. It's very, his philosophy, we only play with best players or players that have been playing their youth career. And you feel a little bit of the pressure of everyone. It's not just the captain of your team, you represent your players. No, you represent a lot of things, you represent a lot of people. And I felt this responsibility when I was playing for them. And I think it's something that is valuable and now I can understand better probably the players that I have. Now you may have thought that you were going to finish your career in Spain, but you ended up moving to America with New York City and playing in the MLS. How did that all come about? It was my decision, I think I had the chance to continue playing for Athletic Club. I started feeling that I had been very, very important for the club for a lot of seasons. And the moment arrives when you start feeling, okay, probably I'm not going to continue as a starter every week. Probably I will have to get used to be on the bench sometimes. Probably I can become a problem for the club and before everything, these things happen. I think I took the decisions to finish in another place, completely different, completely different experience, completely different pressure, because when I played for Athletic I felt really the pressure. And when I moved to the United States, to New York City, it was something completely different. What did you make of that experience, playing out there, living out there, and what do you make of what it's become now? Yes, it's for me different experience because when I arrived there it was the first year of the franchise, it was a new franchise. I arrived half way on the season, we were, I don't know, two, three last in the standings because it's normal when you start a new franchise, new players. But there's no relegation there, so there's no pressure. It doesn't matter, sometimes it's strange because it doesn't matter to lose, because when you have no option to play the playoffs, the first months until the end of the first season there were a little bit strange for me because it was a completely different sensation. It has to matter to win, to lose, but the second season there was much better. We were much better from the beginning, we had another coach, and I think we finished second in the standings, and even if we lost in the playoffs, it was much nicer, and for me it was a completely different perspective. Now in Bilbao, obviously everyone knew us, Athletic Club is everything there, and in New York almost anyone could recognise you, but not even me. I was playing with the Villa, with Pirlo, with Frank Lampard, and almost anyone recognised these players when you were living in New York, so I think it's a really nice sensation, especially for these kind of players. You also played internationally, everyone says it's such an honour to represent your country. For you as a head coach now, when players are going away on international duty, is there a little thought in the back of your head thinking, I hope they're going to come back fit and ready to play for my team? Yes, at the end this is always the divide. The clubs are the ones paying the money to the players, and at the end, when it really matters a lot of times, players are thinking more on their national team. Football has been like this for a lot of years. I don't think it will change. It may change. It has changed in other sports. We see that NBA players, for example, sometimes are not allowed to represent their national teams. I see football far from this position. I still think that these national teams are something big in football, and we have to adapt. We have to try to work the best way with the national team coaches. So, at the end, it's better for everyone, and we'll continue to do it like this. I hope we have more players involved, because it means that we are doing the right things. You retired then in November 2016. When you look back across your playing career, what are the highlights and the moments that stick out for you? Probably my first game, my last game, both in the same stadium in San homes. The best memories probably were there, because the sensation we have when you made your debut. I remember it was against the first game of the season. I was starting the nerves you have there before the game. You remember, after a lot of years of living the way I did with all the people that really thanked me, and it was a very good sensation. Probably are my best memories. Was moving into coaching a natural transition for you? I think it's something that I didn't have clear, but I wanted to give it a try. I told my friends I want to prove myself. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. I didn't have very clear that I want to become, because I know that it's not easy. The life of a coach is not easy to be in charge of so many people with the pressure sometimes with the loneliness of a coach. It's not easy, but the thing we control more, I think we all want to try new things, the way we see the game, try if it works. It was my first thinking. Let's take all the courses, everything let's learn, let's prepare, and then let's try. Now you had a good grounding in Cyprus with Llanica and then Miranda in Spain. Just tell us about those two positions there. Yes, probably were the first options I had. I didn't think too much, because I wanted to try to prove myself. Let's see if I see myself in this position and were really helpful experiences in Cyprus. Also, it helped me with the language, because I had to coach in English. That has become a very good thing for moments like today. Also, Miranda was my first experience, let's say in a big league or second division, but in Spain it's a strong league. We were recently promoted, so this is going to be yes or no. It was a good season, and I think I had very good friends on both sides, both places, and I'm willing to return always to these places. You have spoken about the coaches that you played under. Tell us about the best advice that you were given by them. I think the best advice is, you have to make the mistakes, and you have to feel for yourself, and you have to experiment, and the only way to progress in your coaching career is making the mistakes, because next time you will think, okay, we're in the same position, we took this decision, probably was not the best, and you have to learn quickly, because the game doesn't wait for anyone, and the only way is doing and putting in practice everything. Even if you read, you follow all the best coaches, you follow everything, you have a lot of information right now, but I think you have to make your own mistakes and be quick to learn from them. Is it true you're a big admirer of German football? Yes, yes, I've always been, because the way they play, I think it fits very well with the way I understand the game. I think they are normally, they prioritize the collective idea, they try to play in a high rhythm, the pressing normally is good, every player is quite complete, you know, it's offensively, defensively set pieces, and this philosophy is the one that I think it fits better with the way I see the game. Now, after leaving Miranda's, you remained in the Spanish 2nd tier with Reo Vercano, for those people in England listening, tell us a little bit about Reo Vercano and the club. Reo Vercano is a very special club also, I think it doesn't have the structure probably that the big teams in Spain have, also the stadium is special, it's in the middle of Bayecas neighbourhood, the atmosphere there is really nice, it's staying with only three stands, yes, but it's really, everyone likes to play there, because their supporters are really good, all the time singing with the team, and I felt probably after the first season there was when we had kind of the pressure, because it was second division, we had the pressure at least to play the playoffs, to finish top six, we did it, we managed to get the promotion, and then the two seasons we played there in first division were kind of not so much pressure, and we had good players, almost the same players we received in the first day in second division were the ones we left, because they performed really well. Now, that promotion that you were talking about just then, what an incredible achievement for you relatively early on in your coaching career, just tell us a little bit more about that season and you must have really enjoyed it. Yes, I think it's something that a lot of coaches that have more trophies, they tell a lot about this, winning a trophy is a lot, but promoting from second division to first division is something big, because it really changes a lot of things in the club, and also in the playoffs, I feel that is probably more unexpected, because when you are first, second or the season, you kind of see that it's coming and probably we're going to promote. Playoffs are not exactly like here, we play two legs, so it's literally different, but we lost first game at home against Girona, and then we had to go there and win by two goals and we did it, we finished near two winning the game and probably it's the best achievement I've done as a coach. You've been quoted as saying, I prefer too much chaos to too much organisation. Can you expand on that for us? As a football viewer, or if I'm in the stands, I need things to happen in a game. Also as a coach I think the way we see the game, I think we can take more things when there are more attacks, more spaces, more things happening close to the boxes than when everything is too controlled. I feel like overall Premier League is like this. You go and see Italian teams that probably are at the same level, but are completely different. They don't leave spaces, they close everything, they keep control of the game, they slow it a little bit with the ball, and it's different and I feel like Premier League, every other team, I wouldn't say every other team, but a lot of teams try to be more direct, even if we all have our structure, our organised attacks, whatever you do, the 3 plus 2, the 2 plus 3, whatever you want to do in the build-up, but they don't spend so much time during the build-up. I read somewhere that you don't part the buses ahead coach, you take it for a ride. It's not like a lot of times they say this, he's very offensive, because I think it's the best way to defend. I'm not safe when I feel we are very close to our goal, and even if we have the players in our box, I don't feel safe when I'm coaching out there. I always feel we are in danger, and I feel safer even if we are higher and we have space, but the ball is farther from our goal. We have to be ready to come back, we have to be ready to manage our line, our defensive line, we have to put pressure to manage these things, but it's the way I feel as a coach. If I felt that being in a low block, we would be able not to conced, I would be okay with this, but I don't feel well like this. I read a very good article written by Sid Lowe recently, and people who played under you and know you described you as brave, clear and introverted. Yes, I would say that probably there are worse things to say about me, but I wouldn't tell you, I wouldn't tell you. But yes, I think the players demand a clear information. A lot of places you can read now, players demand freedom to do whatever they want, and demand a little bit of leaving decisions open, and okay, there are some decisions especially on the ball that they have to take. We can help them, but especially without the ball, I think players demand very clear information what we are going to do when the ball is here, what we are going to do when the ball is here, and I think it's the help we can provide them. Apparently there is no smoke selling with you, you don't say it as it is. I try, I try because players are really smart, and when you talk to a player, he smells, and he can see, and he can... Every time you talk to a team, they are examining you. They are analyzing what you say, everything you say, and I prefer to be really honest, even if I'm giving them, or I'm putting them in the worst positions that probably they are, so later in the season they cannot tell me, I was going to play, I was going to be very important, no, no, I told you the competition was this, you have to earn your spot, you have to earn your minutes, and then if everything goes well and this player plays a lot, he will be always grateful. If he doesn't, ok, we talked about this, and I think it's better to clarify these things as soon as we come, sometimes you cannot tell a player because you really don't know if he will play or not, and you have to tell him as it is. You use the word smart there now, do you think that players are getting smarter all the time, and do they have to be smarter? They are, and they have to be, because probably when we used to play, not so many years ago, we weren't so aware about the position, about tactics, about other players we were facing, and now they have all the information, coaches are also, every coaches has his education, his degrees, his experience, and players take everything, they are the ones that take all the information from one coach, from the other, from the opposing team, and sometimes are the ones that provide better solutions. A lot of times, in half times, I like to listen to them, we are having this travel, how do you see the solution? At the end, coaches, we have to take the last word, we have to take the best solution for us, but I think it's good that we listen to them. There was a feature on Sky Sports recently about the future of football, and you said that systems and structures had become a lot more dynamic. How would you describe your footballing philosophy? I said this because we demand a lot more from players. Some years ago, probably, you could play with a number 10 who didn't defend, yes? Didn't defend, and okay, it was good because he was good on the ball, and you could survive defensively with one or two players less, and you leave number 10, number 9, wingers not following, you cannot allow this, so players have to evolve, have to become, okay. Now, with the ball we're going to do this, you are going to be more in the inside, without the ball you have to follow this player, but you have to change, you have to jump here, from here to here, when we are ready to press this way, and they have to understand everything so they can perform the best way. So last season, the Barcelona boss, Ciavi, called Rayo Valicano, the biggest pain in the arse in Liga, that must seem a big compliment. Yes, I took it as a compliment, I took it as a compliment, I think we've been, I don't know if lucky, I think we deserved good results, I don't know if so good results that we took against them last games, we played past two seasons, but I think we weren't comfortable for them because we didn't leave them so much time to take their structures to make their positional play, and I think they, there is always luck, when you win against these teams, you have to be lucky, you have to take the chance you have, but I think we did a lot of things against them very well. Now, you've already spoken about the lure of the Premier League and how excited you are for the first game this weekend against West Ham. What can AFC Bournemouth supporters expect to see across the course of the season from their team? Always the coaches say the same, we hope they are proud of the players, I think we are in hands of the players, they are the most important thing and we have to support them, we have to help them, I have to help them, especially the coach, but they are the ones that will give us the results, the good moments of football, and I think we have very clear the way we want to play, but I don't know if it will get us results or not, you never know when we start the season, but I feel pretty confident after the pre-season, we will have now some the first three or four weeks until the market closes, that will be a little bit different because you have players that you don't know if they will continue, you will have players they are not right now here, every week now waiting, the next opponent is going to sign this player, this first week is going to be a little bit different, but I think once the market closes, once we establish a team, I think we can be a good team. For those supporters that are listening to this podcast and I'm sure there's going to be plenty of them, what is your message to them? I felt since the first moment I arrived and they are behind the team, even the pre-season friendlies for a pre-season to see all the people that came to watch the games, for me was really nice, because normally in other stages you see that only they use one stand or whatever for a pre-season game and the games were almost full and the atmosphere was really nice and I think they will help us especially when we play at home because even when we played against Southampton, I could hear them all the game and it was really nice for me to see them this way and unfortunately we could give them a good game and I cannot ask anything for them, I will try to give them good moments, it's the reason why we play because we want to give our supporters good moments and we will keep working for this. What sort of research have you done about this club and its history? Are you aware that not very long ago we were in the bottom division? Yes, I know a lot of things I knew before I knew some people and for me it's really nice because you feel probably we don't have the biggest stadium, the biggest history but people here is proud and proud of their history and they say ok, we were in third division, fourth division we've been there not so long ago now here we are in the Premier League facing the best players in the world in the moment that Premier League is experiencing now because I think probably 20 years ago I wouldn't say it was clearly the best league in the world but there were other big leagues but right now I think it's commonly accepted that we are in the best league in the world. Do you see a lot of similarities between here and Rayo? Yes, I see a lot of similarities because when you see the I don't know the betting for relegation and you are there third, fourth and we were like this my two previous seasons with Friday I kind of were exactly the same we were in the red line and we could have two good seasons when we didn't suffer and especially past season we were very close until the last game to play in Europe. I see there is kind of similarities in the moment I think past season was a big achievement for Bournemouth after a promotion I think next season is very important and now we need to disconfirmation that we belong to the division we are here, we want to change some things in the way of our how we play the style but at the end we want to confirm that we belong here. Now I think you did your pro licence with Scoloni who managed Argentina to well cut glory last year does international management take your fancy at some stage down the line? I've never thought on this I think it's completely different I was very very happy for him because I think he's a very smart guy, very nice guy he was very good when we were in the coaching licence he was already working with some paoli at some point and we could see from the beginning that he was going to be a really good coach but I think it's something completely different I think probably it's something that I could see or I could maybe it doesn't happen I think I'm more focused in the everyday work I love the everyday work to come here, see the players prepare for trainings a national team it's something completely different. Did anybody ever told you that you look like Sefi Balesteros? Nobody, nobody, no one they've told me worse things I wouldn't comment here but other similarities no, no Sefi Balesteros Now you said you like lots of sports do you like golf? I like golf but I never played I tried to start but I saw that it was really difficult you have to spend a lot of time learning so it wasn't worth it but I followed the game I support John Ram who is a big athletic club supporter his grandfather was my let's say team manager in athletic club so I always follow, I support him I always hope he wins the tournaments but I don't know how to play Now you mentioned earlier you're into loads of different sports so we know you're a keen cyclist as well and where that love of cycling comes from? I really loved cycling from the beginning I think it's something popular especially in the Basque Country not only Basque cyclists but it's normal to go and travel to see two different stages for example and I really love the love the sport and I also like to take my bike and go a couple of hours and stay there thinking in my things I want to push really hard because then you don't have focus and you cannot think in other things but I really like to go with my bike and spend 2-3 hours knowing new places Now I don't know if you know but Simon Francis is a very keen cyclist as well and he tells us that he goes on 100 mile rides through the new forest Is that something you fancy joining him on? No I don't know Simon Francis could still play right now Much fitter than me I could just be with him and ride for some miles but not for 100 for sure Now what about any other pursuits away from football I know NFL when you were over in America you picked up an interest for that Yes I really love a lot of sport NFL was for me really interesting I didn't know the sport I didn't experience I went there to watch games in the stadium when I was in New York to see the Giants to see the Jets and I started learning and it's a very tactical sport very tactical it's almost like continuous set pieces with the blocks with the spaces the different movements combined movements and I think it's a really interesting game I've got to ask you because it's quite a big topic here in England at the moment social media what do you make of it some players are on it some players aren't it can be good it can be bad what's your take on it I don't have any I don't have Facebook I don't have I probably am the only person I don't have any Twitter not Instagram I don't have but I think they are useful because they give you a lot of information they give you a lot of information I personally feel that they are dangerous for us because it's better not to know everything they say about you and probably you suspect because of the results if they say good or bad things but I really haven't started probably one day I should start with these things but it hasn't arrived the day 10 quickfire questions for you you've got to choose one or the other so the first one and this is Jonathan Woodgate got us talking about this when he did a podcast because when he was in Spain he took a fancy to Calimocho or Sangria which do you prefer? Calimocho is much more Basque and I think Sangria is for holidays probably summer holidays I would go with Sangria rest of the year Calimocho just for anybody listening who doesn't know Calimocho is a mixture of red wine and Coke yes that's it Sangria is even more mixture Messi or Ronaldo for me Messi no doubt yes Madrid or Barcelona as a city probably now that I've spent my last three years in Madrid I would say Madrid scoring a goal or keeping a clean sheet scoring a goal I think there's no other sensation than scoring a goal Madonna or Pavarotti this is a tough one I wouldn't choose anyone I'm not very I always say music side don't ask me questions about music I don't know anything about music it's going to be the toughest I wouldn't choose anyone The Godfather or Titanic The Godfather Have you got a favourite film out of interest is the one you always turn to No I'm not a lot about films also I think I like the Nolan films Nolan I think makes films that make you think in different things special things and I would take those ones This is a choice of two famous Basque desserts Gatto Basque or Gashua Gashua yes yes we say yes I would take both I cannot choose I would take those both yes Tour de France or Vuelta a España Tour de France yes for sure I've got one more music one you might know a little bit more about Julio Inglasius or Enrique Inglasius I wouldn't choose but if I have to choose between the two The Father Fish and Chips or Payella Ok we are playing here at home I would say Fish and Chips Have you experienced is it your first experience in England of Fish and Chips or? No I've been here also in different parts of the country playing on holidays and I've had Fish and Chips before but I'm good I eat everything I don't have special problems with the food and I really like to experience food from different places Now just to finish off we've got a few questions that have been submitted by fans that they'd like to ask you so I'm going to kick off with Marv on Twitter he's asking who's the best player that you've ever played with? In the opposite team Leo Messi for sure in my team I would go with probably Chaby in the national team he played he knew what to do before saving all the time and I would say Chaby Now you sort of answered this one a little bit just a moment ago Andrew is asking how much time had you spent in the UK before you came to work in Bournemouth? I've come a lot to play games or precision games or friendlies during the season or in Europe sometimes a couple of times on holidays some holidays small breaks a couple of days different parts of the country but I had never been here in Bournemouth Morgan wants to know out of all the places that you've visited in and around Bournemouth so far do you have a favourite or is it too early to tell? I think it's too early to tell but I could say all the places I've been haven't really been very nice the coast, I love the coast because I've come also from the best country the sea and I I love all the coastal cities Now Tate wants to know what team in the Premier League do you think Bournemouth are most similar to if any at all? Or maybe is that giving too much away? Difficult questions right now before we start the season after some games probably I would be more more precise I wouldn't say right now Now the final question is a really good question it's actually one that I would love to ask you as well from Sam have you had an English cup of tea yet? I am a coffee guy I know I have to start with the tea but I am still in the coffee side Well at some point in the next month I will make you an English cup of tea and you can tell me after that I will appreciate it sorry Now Andoni it's been an absolute pleasure having you here with us I really appreciate your time we know how precious it is Thank you very much Now if you have enjoyed listening to our podcast we would absolutely love it if you could like and subscribe on whatever platform you are listening on We would be very grateful for any shares on social media so that other fans be it AFC Bournemouth related, Spanish football fans or just the general football fan can enjoy it too Our thanks again to Andoni Arayola and from Neil Perret and myself Zoe Rundle thank you for tuning in to our podcast