Antoine Semenyo appears in his final days as a Bournemouth player, departing a club with problems. Andoni Iraola’s status as a hot property is cooling amid difficult winter months. Bournemouth are the latest team to struggle after selling players to offset harsh financial winds. Of the Premier League’s set of “well-run”, smaller clubs, perhaps Brentford, who climbed to eighth, are now the best example of how to flourish after losing key personnel.
“Don’t be down on yourself” was Keith Andrews’ recipe for his team’s successes after last summer’s defection of the manager, Thomas Frank, the captain, Christian Nørgaard, and leading scorers Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa. “I think it’s easy in this industry to look at what you haven’t got. Look at what you didn’t get rather than focus on what you have got.”
