Premier League 2019/20: Opinion - Predicted final standings

#10 Bournemouth

Bournemouth

Players In: Lloyd Kelly, Jack Stacey, Philip Billing, Arnaut Danjuma, Harry Wilson.

Players Out: Marc Pugh, Tyrone Mings, Connor Mahoney, Lys Mousset.

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Bournemouth are always a very tricky side to predict. One week, they could win a game 4-0 and look invincible; yet in the next match, they could lose 2-0 to a side facing potential relegation. There doesn't seem to be a consistency to the way that the Cherries play football, but, even so, it works and they stay up each year.

I think that they'll better their 14th place finish last season and end up exactly mid-table because that's what they are: a mid-table side.

Eddie Howe has brought in some decent players, Harry Wilson from Liverpool in particular, who may make strong impacts, but as with any signing, you can't know for sure how they'll get on. The loss of Tyrone Mings won't be much of a blow, however, as he was hardly used anyway. The fact that Aston Villa paid £25m for him is astounding. It's great business from Bournemouth, at least.