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Bournemouth's Premier League fixtures for the 2024-25 season have arrived and if you haven't seen them yet you can find them here.

The Cherries have early home games against Newcastle United and Chelsea. They are set to face local rivals Southampton at the end of September and champions Manchester City at the beginning of November.

On Boxing Day, they will host Crystal Palace at Vitality Stadium.

Andoni Iraola's side end with games against Aston Villa, Manchester City and Leicester City.

Fixtures for the Premier League opening weekend have been released.

The 2024-25 season will begin at Old Trafford with Manchester United welcoming Fulham.

Ipswich Town's 22 years away from the top flight will come to an end with a visit from Arne Slot's Liverpool, while fellow newly promoted sides Southampton and Leicester will visit Newcastle and welcome Tottenham respectively.

Elsewhere, champions Manchester City will begin their quest for a fifth Premier League title in a row by travelling to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in Enzo Maresca's first game in charge.

The games will take place between 16-19 August.

Bournemouth will begin their 2024-25 Premier League campaign against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

The match will take place on Saturday, 17 August at 15:00 BST.

You can find all of Bournemouth's fixtures here

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The 2024-25 Premier League fixtures are being released on Tuesday at 09:00 BST - and you will see them on the BBC Sport website and app as soon as they are announced.

What should you look out for?

By chief football news reporter Simon Stone

Matches around European games

This will be even more keenly assessed than usual given the four clubs in the Champions League and two in the Europa League will have eight first-phase games rather than six. Long trips before or after European games do not go down well with managers.

Matches around internationals

There are international breaks in September, October, November and March. In Europe, the first three of those are for Nations League fixtures. World Cup qualifiers in Europe start in March 2025, though in South America and Asia they are being played in all four windows.

England managers tend not to be keen on blockbuster league matches immediately before a break and club bosses are equally unhappy at having to play key matches after them when so many players get back on Thursday or Friday.

Festive fixtures

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a winter break this season. The Premier League has assured clubs they will not be asked to play twice in less than 60 hours at any point over Christmas and New Year. That rules out any club playing on 26 December also having a game on 28 December. There will be no Christmas Eve fixture in the 2024-25 season.

As the FA Cup third round has been moved from its traditional home on the first weekend of January to the second, it does seem there will be four rounds of fixtures over the festive period - starting on 21 December and ending on 5 January.

New managers

Four Premier League clubs already have new managers - Fabian Hurzeler (Brighton), Enzo Maresca (Chelsea), Arne Slot (Liverpool) and Julen Lopetegui (West Ham) - with a fifth to come at Leicester. So that's a new era beginning at 25% of clubs before a ball has been kicked. Russell Martin will take charge of a top-flight game for the first time after Southampton's promotion.

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Bournemouth have announced pre-season friendlies against La Liga sides Rayo Vallecano and Girona at Vitality Stadium in August.

The Cherries will welcome both to the south coast on consecutive weekends, with Rayo Vallecano visiting on Sunday, 4 August and the match with Girona scheduled for Saturday, 10 August.

Rayo Vallecano are Cherries boss Andoni Iraola's former team, while Girona enjoyed an excellent season, qualifying for the Champions league for the first time in their history.

If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Bournemouth, who would you pick?

That was the question we asked you to answer, with the transfer window set to open on Friday.

Here are some of your thoughts:

Mark: Buy: Kieran Tierney - he would cover the loss of Lloyd Kelly. Sell: Mark Travers - unless he is our number one because he needs to play week in, week out. Loan: Aaron Ramsdale - bring him home, Iraola! This summer window is going to be interesting. Andoni has had a whole season with the squad now and he will certainly know who fits into his excellent playing system.

Keith: Buy: Aaron Ramsdale. Sell: Milos Kerkez to Manchester United for £50m. Loan: Dango Ouattara.

Charl: Buy: Danny Ings - we need his energy and eye for goal. Sell: Dango Ouattara - he is not a Premier League player. Loan: Philip Billing - he is not aggressive enough for a midfielder.

Lucas: Buy: Aaron Ramsdale - he is not getting any playing time at Arsenal and we need a goalkeeper who can consistently perform well. Sell: Chris Mepham - he has been in and out of the team for years so he doesn't have the opportunity for first-team football. Loan: Mark Travers - he is a very promising player but he may need a bit more time.

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport Football News Reporter

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Southampton are ready to revive their interest in Bournemouth defender Max Aarons.

The Saints want to sign the right-back after returning to the Premier League but Aarons is also being tracked by a number of other top-flight clubs.

Aarons was close to a move to St Mary's last summer before moving to Bournemouth for Premier League football.

Southampton, along with Leeds United, agreed a fee with Norwich City - only for the Cherries to make a last-gasp move to snatch the former England Under-21 international in a £12m deal.

Aarons made just 13 Premier League starts for the Cherries last season, and 23 appearances in total, after a persistent hamstring injury hampered his debut campaign.

Chelsea are considering making a move for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke this summer. (HITC), external

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The transfer window opens on Friday, and we want to know what matters to you most this summer.

If you could only buy one, sell one, and loan out one player at Bournemouth, who would you pick?

Tell us here, external

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Former Bournemouth defender Steven Cook feels the loss of Lloyd Kelly will be Newcastle's gain after the 25-year-old agreed a five-year deal at St James' Park.

The defender, who can play as a left-back or left centre-half, joined the Cherries *rom Bristol City for £13m in 2019, when current Magpies boss Eddie Howe was in charge.

Speaking to BBC Radio Solent, Cook said: "It's really disappointing to lose a quality player like Lloyd. He is physically excellent, a lovely footballer and he knows the club well. It's a shame, especially on a free transfer.

"He is physically amazing, a specimen of a man, and technically a very good footballer. Very versatile as well. Newcastle are getting a great player and Bournemouth are losing one.

"It's exciting for Lloyd going to a huge club like Newcastle. He's joining a manager and coaching staff he knows well and who will take his game to the next level."

Kelly captained the side to promotion from the Championship in 2021-22, but struggled for game time last season and on occasion was jeered by home supporters.

"He is probably thinking if he was to sign at Bournemouth it would be very difficult to leave because he would be warranting a huge fee so I think it's the timing – he can leave on a free and go to a huge club and test himself," Cook added.

"Over the season Lloyd has had a bit of criticism from the Bournemouth fans and that stays with you.

"Any captain that gets booed at home it is not going to sit too nicely. It would have disappointed Lloyd. He has been offered a way out and he has accepted that."

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The 2023-24 Premier League season may have only just finished but there is only 10 weeks until the 2024-25 season is scheduled to start.

So what are the key dates that you need to know?

When does the season start and finish?

The 2024-25 Premier League campaign will get under way during the weekend of 17-18 August.

It will take place over 33 weekends, with four midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday matchweek.

To allow for a mid-August start, there will not be a 'winter break' this time around. However, to avoid Christmas and New Year fixture congestion, the league will give more rest time to sides over three of the festive match rounds, with no club playing within 60 hours of another match.

The final round of fixtures will be played on Sunday, 25 May 2025, with all games to kick off at the same time.

When are the fixtures released?

09:00 BST on Tuesday, 18 June.

We will have all the details here for your club as soon as the fixtures are released.

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When does the transfer window open and close?

The summer window will officially open on Friday, 14 June, which also happens to be the start of Euro 2024, and will remain open until Friday, 30 August at 23:00 BST.

Transfer deadline day has been brought forward this year to be in line with the other major leagues in Europe. The closing dates were set following discussions with the leagues in England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

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Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke, 27, has a release clause of £65m in his contract, but it can only be activated by certain clubs. (Athletic, subscription required), external

Newcastle United are in advanced talks with departing Bournemouth defender Lloyd Kelly, with West Ham, Tottenham, Roma and Atletico Madrid also interested in the 25-year-old Englishman, who will be available on a free transfer. (Chronicle), external

Want more transfer stories? Read Thursday's full gossip column

We asked what you think should be Bournemouth's number one priority this summer.

Here are some of your responses:

Mark: Finding a number one we can have confidence in every week. That could be Mark Travers, but I don't think it's Neto. Our second priority is keeping Solanke, or securing a replacement of at least the same quality. If we can manage those two, we just need to focus on keeping everyone we've got fit and functioning.

Travis: Has to be a wing-back for me. Adam Smith is great but age is going to catch up. I also think we should act on getting a striker. If we lose Solanke, teams will expect a premium because of the money we will get for him. No harm in competition as I expect a European push on the horizon.

Fred: Holding onto Solanke. Andoni clearly knows how to get the best out of him and we've looked like a different team since he found his clinical edge. I know Unal has been bought in to support but it will feel like such a massive step back to lose a striker scoring regularly in the Premier League.

Boessli: Try to keep hold of Dominic Solanke, Milos Kerkez and Illia Zabarnyi for starters. Find a keeper to push Travers for the number one spot as Neto sadly isn't the answer.

Paul: I am 66 years old and went to my first Bournemouth match in 1969 v Liverpool and still have the original programme. I live in Southampton now, but tried to get a ticket for just one home match this year and was not able to. I also can not acquire season tickets. We are a Premier League side now which is excellent but we have zero facilities to cater for games!

Newcastle are in advanced talks to sign 25-year-old English defender Lloyd Kelly, who Bournemouth say will leave at the end of his contract this summer. Roma and Atletico Madrid are also interested. (Sky Sports), external

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BBC Sport Senior Journalist

Bournemouth's retained list has no surprises - given that four of the five senior players departing had not made a first-team appearance for the Cherries during 2023-24.

The player they will miss is defender Lloyd Kelly. Like Jefferson Lerma a year earlier, despite entreaties from Bournemouth to sign a new deal, it had been clear for a while that Kelly was poised to see out his Cherries contract before embarking on a Bosman-style free transfer. If media reports are to be believed, a reunion with Eddie Howe at Newcastle is likely.

And like Lerma, despite running down his contract, Kelly's commitment and professionalism on the field was never questioned. While boss Andoni Iraola has settled on the partnership of Marcos Senesi and Illia Zabarnyi in central defence, Kelly's ability to slot in at centre-back or left-back will be sorely missed.

The Bournemouth careers of Emiliano Marcondes and Jamal Lowe bear some similarity. Both were signed by Scott Parker in the summer of 2021 and featured in the Championship promotion campaign that followed, despite most appearances coming from the bench. However, both have been largely surplus to requirements at Premier League level, and have spent much of the past two years out on loan. Both are likely to have suitors in the Championship.

Ryan Fredericks was signed to add experience after promotion to the top flight, but persistent injuries have prevented him from stepping onto a first-team pitch since March 2023, so at 31, it was no surprise that he was not offered new terms.

Likewise, Darren Randolph was another veteran who filled the role of third-choice goalkeeper for the past 18 months, without making a competitive appearance. The 37-year-old departs a day after the signing of New Zealander Alex Paulsen, 21, with the Cherries' goalkeeping department looking towards the future.

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Bournemouth have confirmed that Lloyd Kelly is among five members of the first-team squad that will leave the club in the summer.

The 25-year-old defender is joined by Emiliano Marcondes, Darren Randolph, Jamal Lowe and Ryan Fredericks in departing following the conclusion of their contracts.

Kelly, who has been linked with a number of clubs, made 141 appearances for Bournemouth in all competitions.

He scored three goals and made eight assists, as well as captaining the club to promotion back to the Premier League in 2021-22.

There are also five departures from the Cherries' development squad with Ben Greenwood, Baylin Johnson, Ferdinand Okoh, Cameron Plain and Euan Pollock all to leave the south coast club.

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Bournemouth have signed 21-year-old New Zealand-born goalkeeper Alex Paulsen from Wellington Phoenix.

Paulsen is "an exciting prospect with so much potential," according to Cherries chief executive Neill Blake., external

The player kept 12 clean sheets in 28 games in all competitions for Wellington Phoenix, helping them qualify for the A-League end-of-season play-offs.

He will move to England in early July.

“It means the world to me, my family and to my friends to be offered an opportunity to play in the best league on the planet, which most aspiring young footballers only dream of," Paulsen told Bournemouth's official website.

Born in Auckland to a South African father and a mother from Namibia, Paulsen has been capped four times by New Zealand at Under-23 level.

The club summer is off and running, so what's the first thing that needs sorting out at Bournemouth?

Is it a contract, a transfer, a fan issue or something else?

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Newcastle United will attempt to complete a deal for 25-year-old Bournemouth centre-back Lloyd Kelly this week. (Telegraph), external

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Following Wednesday's news that Enes Unal has joined Bournemouth permanently, we asked you for your opinions on the signing.

Here are some of your responses:

Mahir: The Cherries have a bargain there. Unal is a proven goalscorer and will do well for them.

Ed: Great to secure Unal. Vital goal and assist against Sheffield United and Luton Town, and when he started he always looked like scoring, as shown against Brighton. Trust Andoni Iraola to get the best out of him next season. Now to strengthen starting goalkeeper, right-back and left-wing, and a back-up left-back with the possible departure of Lloyd Kelly. Passports renewed - up the Cherries.

Phil: Unal showed flashes of being a really good player and his work-rate fits Andoni's blueprint perfectly. A good start to the window. Now to bring Aaron Ramsdale home and flesh out squad depth a bit more.

Tony: Good business - a bargain for £13m.