No to overseas PL games - Bournemouth owner Foley

Bournemouth proprietor Bill Foley would not support immoderate scheme to play Premier League games extracurricular England.

In an exclusive chat pinch BBC Sport successful Santa Barbara during his club's pre-season circuit of nan United States, Foley said he was excessively respectful of nan crippled and its fans to deliberation it was a bully idea.

In May, world governing assemblage Fifa said it was mounting up a moving group to measure nan imaginable effect of competitive home matches being played overseas.

The Premier League has antecedently said it had nary plans to get involved, though Spain's La Liga is hopeful of staging games successful nan United States successful nan 2025-26 season.

Bournemouth are 1 of 10 Premier League teams playing pre-season games successful nan United States this summer.

"I judge what we are doing coming – and location are different pre-season games – is what we should beryllium doing," said Foley.

"In position of playing existent Premier League matches successful America? We should play successful nan UK. That is wherever they belong. I americium very respectful of our fans and nan full system. I wouldn't want to beryllium progressive successful changing immoderate of that. I judge if you talk to our fans astatine Bournemouth, they deliberation Foley really respects our strategy and respects our heritage. And I do.

"Premier League games successful America? No."

Foley reportedly paid £120m for Bournemouth successful December 2022.

He took nan arguable determination to sack head Gary O’Neil successful June 2023 contempt nan nine finishing 15th. He was rewarded pinch a 12th-placed decorativeness past play nether Andoni Iraola.

Bournemouth are portion of a multi-club ownership exemplary that besides includes Foley's Black Knights Sports and Entertainment group holding important stakes successful French nine Lorient, A League outfit Auckland FC and Scottish Premiership broadside Hibernian.

Foley besides said to BBC Sport astir Bournemouth's European ambitions and striker Dominic Solanke's early aft his 19-goal Premier League run past term.

"I judge Dom is going to beryllium pinch america this coming year. He has a merchandise clause, which is very expensive.

"We shouldn't uncover thing astir nan statement but that area [reported £65m] sounds astir correct. I conjecture if personification comes for him, we are going to person to switch him.

"We person 2 aliases 3 candidates that we person lined up. But I judge Dom will beryllium present adjacent twelvemonth and I judge he is going to people 21 aliases 22 goals."

"We person large aspirations, but we are patient. Our extremity this twelvemonth is modest. Can we move to nan apical 8 aliases nine, possibly moreover sneak into Europe?

"Our existent extremity is to play successful Europe, to springiness our players a chance to acquisition Europe and do it pinch small Bournemouth."

"[European shot ambition] is realistic because we are putting a awesome squad together, pinch a batch of younger players. We are trying to beryllium observant pinch really we do this.

"We are not a sovereign wealthiness money aliases backstage equity. We are conscionable elemental small guys from America who came complete and bought a team. We person a multi-club strategy truthful we beforehand players from Club A to Club B to Club C to Club D.

"We now person 4 clubs and we are astir to get a controlling liking successful different [understood to beryllium successful Portugal]. Our extremity is to person akin coaching, akin playing styles and akin players that tin advancement done our system.

"It is not conscionable going to beryllium Bournemouth and a bunch of different teams. It is each designed to springiness nan players a way to nan Premier League. If we tin do that, we should beryllium capable to beryllium competitory and not person to termination ourselves financially. That will beryllium our competitory edge."

"He has been very unlucky successful position of injuries.

"We cognize nan expert he went to. He is 1 of nan champion backmost surgeons successful America. I judge Tyler is fixed. It will beryllium 3 months earlier he is playing pinch us, but erstwhile he starts, he will beryllium phenomenal.

"He is simply a leader connected nan field, a no-nonsense guy. He is going to beryllium a cardinal number six for us, our protect midfielder. When he tin play, he is going to beryllium a crippled changer."