The Bournemouth Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
The Brighton deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Ben Gannon Doak reports back to Bournemouth with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bournemouth sell Adam Smith for $1.5M
Adam Smith has left for Chelsea in a $1.5M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bournemouth
Evanilson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Justin Kluivert
“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
Bournemouth promote Benjamin Cook from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Cook has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Bournemouth promote Jack Edwards from within
- Squad António Silva falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Lewis Cook has seen what the next man earns