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Bournemouth fullback Aarons: Iraola improving me massively

Bournemouth summer signing Max Aarons is enjoying life at the Premier League club.

Aarons arrived from Norwich City in the summer for a modest £7 million, which could rise through performance-based add-ons.

He was an ever-present for the team this season until a hamstring injury in November.

Asked about how much he has improved through Iraola's coaching, he told the Daily Echo: “Massively.

“The way he wants the full-backs to defend, tactically, the information that he gives, I think there's absolute clarity in what he wants from me as a player and full-backs in general.

“I know, for every scenario on the pitch, how he'd want me to defend or how he'd want me to attack.

“He's always giving that information really, really clearly to be able to do that.

“I think the player that I am now compared to even last season when I was at Norwich is a completely different player.

“Just tactically and having Andoni and how he sets us up is really, really big for me as a full-back, to know exactly what I'm doing.

“I can definitely feel physically, mentally, tactically and technically a much better player as well."

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