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When you see clubs succeeding, never think it’s a fluke. Get your 🍿 Bournemouth are currently 6th in the Premier League, all thanks to their visionary owner, Bill Foley. I watched an interview with Peter Crouch where he was asked why he sacked Gary O’Neil after he saved them from relegation, this interview was in 2023, his response described how pragmatic he is. He appreciated Gary O’Neil but said he wanted to take the club to a new level, they wanted the club to play in a particular way, and the best person for the job was Andoni Iraola. They’ve been monitoring Iraola and luckily for them, he became available. If you guys remember Iraola’s Vallecano team, they were known for high-intense organised pressing, also played a vertical and direct style with priority in winning balls in the final third and quick transitions. This was what Bill Foley wanted. In fact, he said, if they didn’t get Iraola, they would have kept Gary, bt they couldn’t miss that opportunity. Here’s one important thing he said in that interview, he said if Iraola didn’t work, HE WILL TAKE THE BLAME, hence, they supported him with the right players that’ll fit his style. For example, Semenyo. They signed him from Bristol City after they saw his intense pressing in the EFL, perfect for Iraola style. Bill Foley also describes himself as a business man before any other thing. It’s clear what Bournemouth’s business model is, "buy low, develop, sell high", while still staying competitive. This is evident in how they sign players, Zabarnyi from Kyiv, sold to PSG, Huijsen, Kerkez from AZ (Truffert replacement), Kroupi, Rayan, etc. If you have time, please read about Bill Foley, he’s also a funny man. He’s been asked in several interviews that, “why Bournemouth?”, he said because the club was on sale😂. He had the opportunity to buy minority stakes at different clubs but he wasn’t interested. Bournemouth was 100% ownership and that’s why he was keen. Also, they just promoted to the prem in 2022, perfect for him. Remember Bill has one of the most successful hockey teams in the US, he’s very successful in Sports. He also describes himself as a BUILDER, his goal is to elevate Bournemouth. A new stadium is on the way because we all know Vitality Stadium is the smallest, 11k capacity, he wants more fans, especially young fans, to be able to attend games, they’re building crazy training centres for women’s football, the academy and the first team. He’s also leading community initiatives within Bournemouth, same as what Ryan and Rob are doing at Wrexham. They don’t want to be seen as arrogant Americans taking over, they want to integrate with the community as much as possible. Lastly, Bill works with a tightly-knitted team, he doesn’t want a crowd, that’s why Bournemouth are one of the few clubs without an official Sporting director, they’re a very strategic club. I know a club that has like 3 Sporting Directors😭 One of his team member, Tiago Pinto, President of Football Operations, describes Bournemouth as a “peaceful planning environment” compared to bigger clubs like Roma. Pinto came from Roma as their SD, don’t forget he signed Huijsen on loan to Roma from Juventus, and he also signed him for £12m to Bournemouth on a permanent basis. He knew the guy well. There’s Neill Blake, a Bournemouth guy through and through, has been there for long through League Two down to prem, he was CEO for a long time before Bill took over and made him MD of the Multi-Club scheme they’re running, known as Black Knight Football Club (BKFC). The clubs under BKFC are Bournemouth, FC Lorient (now you understand how they got Kroupi), Moreirense, Auckland, Hibernian (I think this was recently sold). I wrote all of these just to show you guys that lots of work go on BTS. Bournemouth are in that position by proper planning. Hope you enjoyed the read?

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