Bournemouth Team Preview

Bournemouth


This is now the 4th season in the Premier League for Bournemouth who are now becoming a regular club in the top flight. After another successful season last year of finishing around mid table, Eddie Howe’s men will be looking to achieve that type of finish again. Bournemouth have had a relatively quiet transfer window adding three players the main being Jefferson Lerma who is a talented Colombian international who likes to play on the wing which will add a decent amount of creativity to already a good attacking side. In terms of sales, Bournemouth didn’t lose anyone key, they simply let go of a bunch of squad players who have barely played for them so the squad is pretty much similar to the one they had last year if not slightly better which means Bournemouth should be able to stay around the same league position as last year not being in any threat of relegation. Bournemouth tend to play exciting, attacking football and their games tend to have goals involved. Eddie Howe likes his teams to play good football and although Bournemouth have always seem to have been quite awful defensively, their attack has carried them through the past Premier League seasons to give them these mid table finishes and it’s expected to continue to happen this year again.

Transfers

In – David Brooks, Diego Rico, Jefferson Lerma

Out – Baily Cargill, Ryan Allsop, Ollie Harfield, Sam Matthews, Patrick O’Flaherty, Joe Quigley, Rhoys Wiggins, Benik Afobe, Max Gradel, Adam Frederici, Mikael Ndjoli (Loan), Lewis Grabban, Sam Sturridge (Loan), Connor Mahoney(Loan), Harry Arter

Expectations and Results

Last Year’s Finish – 12th

Target for 2018-19 – Finish Mid Table

Key Players – Lewis Cook, Callum Wilson, Nathan Ake, Joshua King, Junior Stanislas, Asmir Begovic

Manager – Eddie Howe