New Bid For AFC Bournemouth Tabled

Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, Chairman Paul Baker, has revealed that he's received a new bid for AFC Bournemouth, Baker is quoted as saying: "I'd love to say that, by the end of May, a deal has been agreed in principle and then ownership could be handed over the following month. That's the ideal situation we want to be in. It's up to the individual party how long it takes but I think everyone wants the ownership saga over as soon as possible. Nobody wants it to drag on. If you want to buy the club, you've got to be in a position to complete a deal at the earliest opportunity".

Furthermore, Baker has also revealed that any future sale of the Club will also involve manager Eddie Howe having a say: "All the interested parties have been asked whether Eddie is part of their plans going forward and, to a man, every one of them has given me a positive answer. Eddie has to be included. He is a great asset of this football club and has to be involved as far as I'm concerned. If we're looking at bids and one has got a playing budget of £1.2m and another of £1.5m, I'm sure Eddie would be interested in the £1.5m so it's going to come under that kind of scrutiny. The best bid to take the club forward will be the one that wins the day. It's not about what's best for Paul Baker, it's about what I feel is best for AFC Bournemouth. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not asking for a great deal and the bid I feel is going to be most beneficial to the football club in the future will be the one we will go for".

Baker has also had a meeting with the Football League to provide them with an update on the current situation. He's quoted as saying on that meeting that: "The meeting went well. We cleared up some issues that needed to be cleared up. We're doing what we need to do".