Cast your eye around the media and Bournemouth are mainly being linked with the sale of Josh King before the window closes. While Everton are encouraged by possible talks breaking down with West Ham the fate of Josh King is far from settled, and if he does move n Bournemouth need to be looking to get a replacement in if they are not to be found short upfront.
Will Josh King still be a Bournemouth player later today?
Instead, most of the news concerning new signings for Bournemouth centre around defenders. Football Insider has linked the Cherries with Aston Villa right-back Frederic Guilbert who is a 25-year old Frenchman. If that is correct then it might imply that Adam Smith is fancied to depart, but Smith is a very versatile player that I'd be surprised to see go when he would be so valuable in the Championship for Bournemouth.
It is hard to know what is in Jason Tindall's mind and those on the board as they seek to prove that promotion can be won without investing any further in the squad than the acquisition of Rodrigo Riquelme. Considering that Bournemouth saw Ryan Fraser depart in the summer that is one player replaced, but AFCB are going to try and manage the Championship with a far smaller squad than last season and with much less firepower from what we can tell at the moment.
The good news so far is that Bournemouth are averaging two goals a game in the Championship from their first four games. But if we look at the strikers contribution to that, there is just one goal from Dominic Solanke, while Sam Surrdige scored in the Carabao Cup. Even with Junior Stanislas and David Brooks coming back, Bournemouth fans may yet be wondering come next window why a striker hasn't been brought in now with Josh King expected to go today.
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There's a pecking order. If King goes and say we bring a striker in, it's too easy to say we need someone to replace him. Please say where this new striker would sit in pecking order and why therefore the would join.
ReplyDeleteBring in no 1 and push Dom and Sam down doesn't feel right. So realistically we want third choice loanee that challenges Sam.
We have big and more experienced squad at this stage than in 2015. Squad isn't that small, just last year it was bolstered due to long term injuries.
Everything is up for grabs when you have a new manager - thw pecking order has changed. King has hardly played and will need to try and oust Solanke and Danjuma who have started well.
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