Article #22482

• Spaniard will leave Bournemouth at end of the season

• Chelsea and other Premier League sides also interested

Crystal Palace are stepping up their attempts to convince Bournemouth’s Andoni Iraola to take over from Oliver Glasner and are set to offer him a lucrative three-year contract.

It is understood that Palace have made Iraola, who confirmed last month that he will be leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season, their preferred target and held initial talks with the Spaniard’s camp in the past few weeks.