The Bournemouth Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
The knee: Jonny Stuttle out for 28 days
28 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bournemouth lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth rebuffed over Kasper Dolberg
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ajax have kept their man, and Bournemouth go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth turn down Manchester City for Alex Scott
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $5.4M for Ben Nelson
Bournemouth have gone to Leicester City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth go back to the board over Ben Nelson
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.9M — a club that wants Ben Nelson enough to be asked twice.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Eli Junior Kroupi again
The phone has started ringing about Eli Junior Kroupi again, and this time the name on the line is Manchester United. Bournemouth are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Bournemouth
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Tyler Adams
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andrew Robinson joins the Bournemouth first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrew Robinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Simon Robinson steps up from the Bournemouth academy
- Boardroom Bournemouth sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Words exchanged at Bournemouth