Earlier this summer, Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth broke their transfer record. It had been only six months since they last made a club record signing in Benik Afobe. Afobe arrived from Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2016, and proved an instant hit by scoring four goals in 12 starts as the Cherries finished with 42 points in their first Premier League campaign.
To add to their squad, and carry on from where they had left last season, Bournemouth spent £15 million on Jordon Ibe, their biggest ever outlay on a single player.