Overview
- Reported on Friday, June 26, Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper agreed terminations with Bournemouth and are expected to sign for Liverpool this weekend as assistant coaches.
- Sources say other Bournemouth staff including analyst Tom Webber and conditioning coach Pablo de la Torre are likely to follow, though their moves remain unconfirmed.
- Elphick and Cooper recently completed their coaching pro licences and were planned originally to assist incoming Bournemouth manager Marco Rose before choosing to reunite with their former boss.
- Bournemouth have already started rebuilding their backroom under Marco Rose and will need to replace coaches who played central roles in the club’s rise into European competition.
- Liverpool’s rapid recruitment is intended to give the new staff time to install Iraola’s high‑pressing methods and influence summer transfer plans during a compressed pre‑season window.