Bournemouth: ‘O’Neil knows exactly what he faces’

Mark Mitchener, BBC Sport

The appointment of Gary O’Neil as full-time Bournemouth boss answers one of the questions that have been hanging over the club for a while.

It may also be a sign they anticipate the Premier League’s rubber-stamping of Bill Foley’s takeover cannot be too far away, given that O’Neil’s elevation would only have been made at the behest of the new ownership. 

While he may not be the star name some had wanted – perhaps expectations were heightened by the noise surrounding ex-Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa – O’Neil knows the club well after nearly two years…