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USMNT captain Adams returns to training as Bournemouth debut nears

The 24-year-old’s Cherries debut is growing closer

Tyler Adams won’t make his Bournemouth debut this weekend, but he could be back as early as next week.

That is according to Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, who provided a positive update on the U.S. national team captain as he nears a return from a long-term hamstring injury.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday’s game against Brighton, Iraola said the 24-year-old is back in partial training.

“I think the only one that is not [recovered] so far is Tyler, who will not be [ready] for the Brighton game, but he has started this week at least to train partially with the group,” Iraola said.

“So probably we can have a chance of having him next week or two weeks, something like this. Tyler is really close because once you start training partially with the group, it’s a matter of sensations, and if you are physically good enough.

“He has a very good physical base. So I think it will take not a long time to see Tyler with the team.”

Adams has not played since March after undergoing hamstring surgery. During his time off the pitch, the 24-year-old still completed a move from Leeds to Bournemouth, keeping him in the Premier League after the Whites were relegated last season.

Bournemouth will face Stoke on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup before a league match against Arsenal next Saturday.

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Which Premier League teams are owned by Americans?

Half of the Premier League’s 20 teams are now under majority American ownership. 

With the news of Everton’s takeover by U.S. private equity firm 777 Partners, the influence of American owners in the Premier League has never been higher.

When that deal goes through, it will mean that exactly half of the Premier League’s 20 teams are under American ownership. That includes four of the league’s biggest teams: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.

The English top flight has become an attractive investment for prospective owners as the league’s revenue from broadcast deals continues to skyrocket.

Here, we have listed all 10 Premier League clubs currently under American ownership. Some of the clubs include multiple owners/investors, so the American owners are italicized in those cases.

Iraola: USMNT captain Adams yet to train with Bournemouth

The USMNT captain has yet to fully train with his new side

Tyler Adams isn’t quite ready to make his Bournemouth debut.

That’s according to his manager Andoni Iraola, who said that the U.S. men’s national team captain has still yet to train with the Cherries as he recovers from a long-term hamstring injury.

Adams has not played since March after undergoing hamstring surgery. During his time off the pitch, the 24-year-old still completed a move from Leeds to Bournemouth, keeping him in the Premier League after the Whites were relegated last season.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of Sunday’s game against Chelsea, Iraola said that he was hopeful Adams would be back soon, but the midfielder is still in need of some time on the sideline.

“It’s too soon for Tyler Adams, he hasn’t started training with the team yet,” Iraola said. “He’s not far from joining the squad.”

Before Adams made his move, Leeds manager Daniel Farke said that his club expected the midfielder to remain out until after the September international window.

That window has now passed, as Adams missed out on the USMNT’s two wins over Uzbekistan and Oman over the past week.

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Bournemouth boss Iraola admits Adams ‘isn’t close to playing’

It might be a bit before Adams steps on the field for the Cherries

U.S. men’s national team fans hoping to catch Tyler Adams’ debut for Bournemouth may need to wait a bit longer than they had hoped.

Adams joined the Cherries earlier this month, but has been unavailable since March after suffering a hamstring injury with Leeds.

Per his new manager Andoni Iraola, Adams’ recovery still requires more time

“They both need time,” Iraola told reporters when asked about Adams and fellow acquisition Alex Scott. “Alex will spend more time out.”

It’s a bit of good news/bad news for Adams. While the USMNT captain is closer to a return than Scott (who suffered a knee injury early in August), Iraola said “neither of them are close to playing.”

Before Adams made his move, Leeds manager Daniel Farke had said that his club expected the midfielder to remain out until the conclusion of the September international window.

Iraola didn’t commit to a specific return date, acknowledging that Adams is recovering from a surgical procedure on the injury, and will have to build back up physically and mentally.

“We don’t know. I hope it’s as soon as we can, but he’s a player that I don’t think has played since March,” added Iraola. “He’s coming back from surgery with difficult situations during this period, so we cannot rush it. We have to make sure that he also feels safe.”

Iraola: Adams ‘will bring us a lot of energy’

While Adams’ Bournemouth debut may be some way off, Iraola seemed clear on what the 24-year-old will bring to the table once he’s fully recovered.

“I think he will bring us a lot of energy. I think he’s a very dynamic player,” said Iraola. “Playing as a six, he will help us with the ball and without the ball. He’s a young player but with enough experience to be one of the players on the pitch that are pushing for the team.”

That might explain why Bournemouth pursued Adams so diligently, finally completing a transfer this summer after some typical Chelsea chaos saw the Blues make an abrupt U-turn after reports said the club would trigger Adams’ release clause.

Adams drew intense interest from numerous Premier League clubs following Leeds’ relegation last season, eventually ending up with Bournemouth in a reported $25.4 million transfer.

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USMNT captain Tyler Adams completes transfer to Bournemouth

Adams is heading back to the Premier League after one season with Leeds

Tyler Adams is heading back to the Premier League.

The midfielder has completed a transfer to Bournemouth, joining from Leeds in a move worth a reported £20 million ($25.4m).

Adams has signed a five-year contract and will wear the No. 18 with the Cherries.

Adams impressed in just one season with Leeds, though the club was relegated at the end of the 2022-23 campaign. The 24-year-old missed the last two months of the season with a hamstring injury that is still set to keep him out until after the September international break.

Bournemouth’s chief executive, Neill Blake, said: “We’re thrilled to have brought Tyler to the club and he is a player we’ve admired for a long time. It’s been widely documented how much his talents have been recognized in this transfer window by other clubs, so to have him sign for AFC Bournemouth shows the ambition we have as a club.

“Tyler is an exciting player who possesses plenty of experience for someone that is just 24 years of age and we’re looking forward to working with him as he’s a player we know will be a great addition to our squad.”

Adams very nearly joined Chelsea just a week prior to his move to Bournemouth, but his transfer fell through at the last minute as the Blues ultimately signed Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia in central midfield instead.

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It looks like Tyler Adams is getting his Premier League transfer after all

The USMNT captain is on the verge of a move to Bournemouth

Tyler Adams may not be going to Chelsea, but it looks like he’ll at least be heading back to the Premier League.

After a move from Leeds to Chelsea fell through at the 11th hour last week, Adams is set to complete a £23 million transfer to Bournemouth, according to multiple reports.

The transfer would see the U.S. men’s national team captain stay in the Premier League following Leeds’ relegation last season.

At a news conference on Friday, Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola was careful not to confirm a deal was done, but strongly hinted that it was nearing completion.

“Right now he’s not our player so we have to wait,” Iraola said. “You know the club is working towards signing someone in midfield but we have to wait until everything is complete.”

Iraola added: “He’s a really good player. He has performed in the Champions League, [has] national team experience, but I don’t want to go too far because right now he’s not our player.”

Should Adams join this month, he wouldn’t be able to debut for the Cherries for at least a couple weeks. Leeds head coach Daniel Farke said last month an ongoing hamstring injury would keep the midfielder out until after the September international break.

The move would also mean the last of a formerly robust quantity of Americans has left Leeds. At one point last season there were five at the club: head coach Jesse Marsch, assistant Chris Armas, as well as Adams, Brenden Aaronson and Weston McKennie on the playing side.

Marsch and Armas were let go midway through last season, while Aaronson has gone on loan to Union Berlin and McKennie has returned to Juventus after being on loan at Elland Road last season.

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Premier League home stretch: Where things stand as season enters its final month

Some teams are having a blast, while others are going through it

The Premier League is getting down to the nitty-gritty.

The end of the season is approaching, with most teams having five or six games left to secure a trophy, a spot in Europe, or just keep themselves in the top flight for another year.

For some teams, the end of the season was expected to be a pressure-cooker, but has instead been something of a celebration. For others, it’s one last chance to fight their way to safety, or at least salvage some pride in an otherwise disappointing season.

Here’s where everyone stands heading into the last month of the 2022-23 season.

Bournemouth mark David Brooks’ return from lymphoma with win over Liverpool

The Cherries had a perfect gift to welcome Brooks back

Bournemouth had 525 days to figure out how to celebrate David Brooks’ return to a matchday squad.

They made the perfect choice, shocking Liverpool at the Vitality Stadium as the Wales midfielder appeared in uniform for the first time in nearly two years after a lengthy battle with Hodkin’s lymphoma.

Brooks was diagnosed with cancer in October 2021 after the Wales medical staff discovered the issue following a medical exam. Brooks began treatment, and Bournemouth had to make do without a regular presence in their midfield.

66 competitive fixtures and one promotion to the Premier League later, the 25-year-old was in uniform for the first time in well over a year.

However, even with that wonderful news, the task ahead of the Cherries was a daunting one: Liverpool beat them 9-0 earlier this season, and entered the match coming off of a 7-0 demolition of Manchester United. Meanwhile, Bournemouth started the day in 20th place in the 20-team Premier League.

In that context, it wasn’t much of a surprise that Liverpool put their hosts under immense pressure from kickoff. However, Bournemouth offered some danger on the counter, and that’s how they conjured up the ideal gift to welcome Brooks — who got a pre-game ovation from Cherries fans — back into the fold.

Dango Ouattara turned a hopeful ball over the top into a cutback that found Philip Billing charging into the goalmouth for a tidy finish.

The Cherries had to sweat out a long VAR check over whether Ouattara was onside, but the goal stood.

At the other end, Bournemouth had to worry about quite a bit: Cody Gakpo had a goal chalked off for offside, Virgil van Dijk missed a sitter, and most crucially, Mohamed Salah blasted a 69th minute penalty horribly wide.

Bournemouth rode their luck, but also battled hard to make the lone goal stand up for just their second win in their last 13 competitive games.

Bournemouth ‘delighted’ for Brooks

Cherries boss Gary O’Neil was happy to win, but was arguably even more pleased that Brooks was able to be in consideration to play.

“I felt privileged to even be able to sit and tell him [that he was in the team] yesterday,” O’Neil said in quotes published by Dorset Live. “I think for him, his family, the journey he’s been on and what he’s been through, what they’ve all been through, I was absolutely delighted for him.”

“I think we still need to be realistic with how much he can do at the moment. I was desperate to try and get him on at some point but unfortunately, the game didn’t go that way,” added O’Neil. “He scored a goal in training on Wednesday in [a training match] and I just thought, ‘we need to get this guy back involved somehow.'”

For Brooks and Bournemouth, it wasn’t just a win. The three points may prove crucial in the relegation scrap, as the Cherries jumped from the very bottom of the table and out of the drop zone entirely. They sit 17th after Saturday’s fixtures, having hurdled West Ham, Leeds, and Southampton with the victory.

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Arsenal just did what Title-Winning Teams™ do

This was about as dramatic as it gets

Arsenal went down nine seconds into Saturday’s game against Bournemouth, and it took them 96 more minutes until they finally took the lead.

In an unbelievable match in which the Gunners showed, dare we say, the stuff of champions, Bournemouth went up 2-0 in the 57th minute, only for Arsenal to fight back and win with a dramatic Reiss Nelson winner in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

Amid wild celebrations at the Emirates Stadium, it would’ve been hard for fans and players alike to avoid the conclusion that Arsenal might just be headed for its first Premier League title in 20 years.

The victory pushed the Gunners back to a five-point lead ahead of Manchester City, who beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday in the early match of the day.

It all started about as poorly as it could for Arsenal, which went a goal behind when Phillip Billing scored after 9.11 seconds — the second-fastest goal in Premier League history.

When Marcos Senesi added a second for the Cherries, it looked like it was going to be a terrible afternoon for the Gunners and a great one for Man City.

But gravity would start to reassert itself, with Thomas Partey and Ben White scoring within an eight-minute span to level the match at 2-2.

As good as the comeback was, a home draw against the relegation-threatened Cherries would have been a hugely damaging result for the Gunners.

Enter Nelson, who came off the bench and made the difference on the day. His winner was the stuff of legend, not only for its timing and importance but for the sheer quality of the strike.

If this is Arsenal’s year, Saturday may be when the Gunners can say the title went from a dream to something more closely resembling reality.

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Por un minuto, el Bournemouth casi saca el resultado frente al Liverpool

Liverpool eventualmente encontró la manera de derrotar al Bournemouth, pero por un momento, realmente pareció que sería más cerrado. Si, el Liverpool ganó 9-0 en sábado, empatando el récord de la Premier League para una victoria por ese margen. Los …

Liverpool eventualmente encontró la manera de derrotar al Bournemouth, pero por un momento, realmente pareció que sería más cerrado.

Si, el Liverpool ganó 9-0 en sábado, empatando el récord de la Premier League para una victoria por ese margen. Los Reds tuvieron goles de siete jugadores diferentes, con Luis Díaz y Roberto Firmino anotando dos veces. Liverpool comenzó el juego con una diferencia de goles negativa, y terminó empatado con el Manchester City por la mejor marca de la liga.

Pero de todos modos, durante 148 tensos segundos, el Bournemouth les jugó de igual a igual. Fue solo en ese momento, en el tercer minuto que su resistencia fue rota por Díaz.

Traducción.- ¡Un inicio PERFECTO para el Liverpool! Luis Díaz anota de cabeza para darle la ventaja al Livepool a los dos minutos del partido.

Bournemouth continuó intentando mantenerse a nivel por tres impresionantes minutos antes de que el Liverpool anotara de nuevo, en esta ocasión por Harvey Elliot desde 19 yardas.

Traducción.- ¡QUE TIRO DE HARVEY ELLIOT! Liverpool toma una ventaja de 2-0 sobre el Bournemouth en los primeros 6 minutos del juego. #LFC

Bournemouth había dado todo por casi seis minutos, pero ultimadamente no fue suficiente conforme el Liverpool lograba ver como sus tiros terminaban en gol. Estaba 5-0 al medio tiempo, y cuando los equipos salieron para la segunda mitad, las esperanzas de regreso del Bournemouth se vinieron abajo con un casi inmediato autogol.

EL Bournemouth encontró un ritmo, solamente concediendo una vez más en los siguientes 34 minutos.  Eso debe haber preocupado al Liverpool, que anotó dos goles más antes del final para asegurar que el Bournemouth no produjera un dramático final.

Traducción.- ¡ESE CAÑONAZO DEL ALEXANDER-ARNOLD!

Traducción.- ¡Son SIETE en el día para el Liverpool! #LFC

Traducción.- Que no toque el suelo. Fabio Carvalho con una maravillosa volea para anotar el 8° gol del juego. #LFC

 

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