15 Jun 2025 15:42:09
Got to feel for Bournemouth
Huijsen gone
Kerkez looks to be next
Semenyo targeted by Man U
Kepa gone.
15 Jun 2025 15:52:36
Yeah they've been completely raided. Some good funds to play about with though.
15 Jun 2025 15:55:30
And Hughes gone.
15 Jun 2025 16:09:30
And the rumour that Leverkusen want Kluivert to replace Wirtz.
15 Jun 2025 16:20:57
Zarbanyi to psg too.
15 Jun 2025 16:32:24
Bournemouth will be just fine. Their injury list last season was crazy and they managed fine. They'll spend 60 mill on 4 players and make a hefty profit in 2 or 3 transfer windows time.
15 Jun 2025 17:11:32
Didn't zabarnyi just sign a 5 year contract?
Kluivert will probably be thinking about his options and iraola won't be short of suitors either.
15 Jun 2025 17:16:05
That’s what these clubs do tho, getting good players in and moving them on for good profit. Brighton are the same.
15 Jun 2025 17:53:57
Bournemouth's recruitment couldn't have been too bad recently.
15 Jun 2025 18:04:32
I'd take semenyo.
15 Jun 2025 18:10:10
Yeah Brighton had their best ever EPL finish the season after selling Caicedo!
15 Jun 2025 19:51:54
Ed01 addressed this very topic and he said that getting raided is what B'mouth expect as that is how they are run with signing players with great potential and then selling them on on good to very good fees. Rinse, repeat. They are just like Brighton in a sense.
15 Jun 2025 20:35:51
Ed001 was quite critical of some of Bournemouth's signings.
Let's have it right, Oli.
{Ed001's Note - yes, of Solanke and a few others. None of which featured in the first choice XI last season, except Semenyo. They were all replaced by better, such as Huijsen, who I certainly wasn't critical of, quite the opposite, I said before the season started that he was a coup for them.}
15 Jun 2025 23:36:40
I'm quite surprised Spurs didn't go for Iraola instead. I think he's doing a great job there and will keep things ticking for B'mouth even after the fire sale.
15 Jun 2025 23:42:17
I'm not saying you are wrong, Ed001.
I'm saying Oli is.
I think Bournemouth have recruited well in the past few years but it's a subjective issue.
But if I remember rightly, you were critical of all Bournemouth's backline, this year. Not this season; this year.
There's nothing wrong with being critical, though. I thought our midfield was wetter than a Bank Holiday weekend and we had nobody through the middle up front and we walked the League.
{Ed001's Note - I certainly wasn't critical of Huijsen, I wanted us to get him before he moved to the Cherries. Their defence the previous season was weak, which is why they changed it around, brought back Kerkez from loan (iirc) and brought in Huijsen. They did struggle for a right back though this season. It is Iraola that is special there though, imo. Fantastic coach who is similar to Slot in knowing how to get the best from what he has. I think I know what you are talking about, when MK was telling us how great their recruitment was and I was pointing out how it is a different level recruiting for us.}