Bournemouth up for grabs as American tycoon considers £150 million takeover deal - Paper Round

Bournemouth could be bought for £150m Bournemouth’s owner Maxim Demin has been trying to sell the club for the past four years and The Sun reveals that an American billionaire, Bill Foley, already owns the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL and is looking to establish an MLS team in Las Vegas too. An asking price of £150 million has been mentioned.

Ad TransfersLiverpool may cancel Arthur loan amid Bellingham interest — Paper RoundYESTERDAY AT 22:52 Paper Round’s view: The Vegas Golden Knights are an interesting experiment in establishing a team in a city that is known more for its visitors than its residents, so if Foley can turn that into a success he will at least have experience in running a club in tough circumstances, which is where Bournemouth are now. Read the full story Chile fail in Ecuador ban attempt Chile will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after they failed to have Ecuador chucked out of this year’s World Cup, as a result of them fielding Byron Castillo.

Castillo has been filmed appearing to confirm that he was born in Colombia rather than the club he represented, and so his eligibility for the country is in question. Paper Round’s view: Without more details it is hard to know the truth of the matter, and people can obviously be born in one country and enjoy the citizenship of another.

Whether a single player’s presence in a national squad, if it was illicit, is enough to warrant throwing a country out of the World Cup is another matter, but it would be a harsh punishment. Read the full story Xavi unconcerned by Ansu Fati Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez is not too worried by Ansu Fati’s slow return to the starting line-up for the club.