Urgent: AFCB need two strikers in January

If the January window is to be salvation for the Cherries then they'll have to be successful in that market with at least two strikers coming into the squad. We have seen Eddie look to find goals with Glenn Murray and with Josh King, Junior Stanislas, Lee Tomlin, Tokelo Rantie and Yann Kermorgant, but January offers an opportunity to restructure and it will surely be the most important part of AFCB's season in terms of deciding their fate.

The difficulty is in finding the right type of strikers and ones that come at the right price. Whether that means buying abroad or from a Premier League team, I think a pedigree striker or even two is really the additions that will be required to start getting the Cherries more results. It is not that the team's play does not control games or create chances. There are weaknesses in areas at the back, but if they have a goalscorer that can snap up chances they would be much higher up the table.

AFCB's forwards don't have long to impress.

Without more firepower it is hard to see how AFCB are going to buck the trend in the results that we are currently seeing. There is a financial structure to the Premier League and keeping ahead of that was always going to be very difficult but the team deserves an addition or two who can put away chances. The level of passing throughout the team is better than many in the league and yet some of the other teams have that striker that is able to put away the odd chance that keep them out of the bottom three.

With the news that Peak6 has joined the investors at the club it is now possible that Eddie Howe will have more spending power in January, but who does he go for? Charlie Austin is keen to stay at QPR, Dwight Gayle has Norwich City watching him, Lewis Grabban is finding it hard to get games at Norwich, Jordan Rhodes is wanted by Middlesbrough. Eddie has to find a striker that can take to the Premier League straight away and someone who is prolific - he may not go British this time.

Whoever Eddie gets in will be a gamble, but it is hard to see how the team won't be hoping for a very productive January window to boost it's chances of beating the drop.

A new investor for the Cherries

There are reports headed by SkySports that AFCB is going to see a change in its investor set up on Monday as Maxim Demin sells 25 per cent of his share in the football club to US-based Peak6, led by Matt Hulsizer. It guarantees Maxim Demin a good return on his earlier investment in the club and perhaps opens up the possibility of more investment in the club come the January window when the transfer market is opened up again.

While Maxim Demin has not sought a high public profile for his role at the club he has been a central figure in the Cherries rise to the Premier League. His close relationship with Eddie Howe will now have another voice added to some of the big decisions, but  hopefully Eddie Howe feels comfortable about the change and has more funds available to help put right some of the problems that he has on the field.

AFCB are likely to see new investors next week.

The injury saga that has hit the club certainly needs big funds to rectify and it is likely that the next transfer window could see the record transfer for the club of £8 million completely shattered if AFCB want to do all they can financially to try and stay in the top-tier of English football. The American link is surely important for the growth of the club's name across the Atlantic as well where it was well received in the summer with its training camp in Philadelphia. The long term aspects of the potential deal seem favourable to putting the club on a different level and it probably puts the development of the stadium higher up the agenda if the club wants to do that this coming summer.