LONDON, UK
\nBournemouth have agreed a deal for Lorient winger Dango Ouattara, with the fee believed to be about \u00a320m. The 20-year-old has scored six goals and provided six assists in 18 Ligue 1 appearances this season.
\nNew Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is attempting to buy a stake in Lorient, which has been an advantage in reaching agreement for Ouattara. Foley has pledged to strengthen Gary O\u2019Neil\u2019s squad in an attempt to guide them away from relegation trouble.
\nBournemouth have taken just three points from their past nine league games and sit a point above the relegation zone, but they have a worse goal difference than all three teams below them.
\nThe Cherries have lost their past four Premier League games and six matches in a row in all competitions since O\u2019Neil was made permanent manager on 27 November.
\nOuattara, who has five goals from 11 international caps for Burkina Faso, is likely to become Bournemouth\u2019s first signing of the January transfer window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON, UK Bournemouth have agreed a deal for Lorient winger Dango Ouattara, with the fee believed to be about \u00a320m. The 20-year-old has scored six goals and provided six assists in 18 Ligue 1 appearances this season. New Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is attempting to buy a stake in Lorient, which has been an advantage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-308128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n