The Bournemouth Sentinel
Squad21 Aug 2028
The knee: Harry Webb out for 21 days
21 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Wesley Fofana hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bournemouth can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Aug 2028
21 days out for George Bell after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bournemouth will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market21 Aug 2028
Mack Allen agrees terms with Barnet
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bournemouth people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Jack Stephens says Bournemouth went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Bournemouth
Micky van de Ven 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Bournemouth
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Bournemouth rebuffed over John Kelly
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. West Bromwich Albion have kept their man, and Bournemouth go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
The crowd has taken to Álex Jiménez
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
In brief
- Market Simon Grant steps up from the Bournemouth academy
- Market One of our own: Edward Hunter joins the Bournemouth first team
- Match Marcus Tavernier sends Bournemouth past Wolverhampton