Bournemouth hope to use Begovic as a makeweight in the deal for Butland MATTHEW CHILDS/ACTION IMAGESBournemouth are confident of being able to sign Jack Butland from Stoke City, but the Sky Bet Championship club are holding out for £30 million to sell the England goalkeeper. A fee in that region would eclipse the club-record fee paid by Bournemouth for Jefferson Lerma last year. Eddie Howe, the Bournemouth manager, identified Butland, 26, and Burnley’s Nick Pope, 27, as options to replace Asmir Begovic. Pope was priced out of a move and Bournemouth hope to use the 31-year-old Begovic, who played for Stoke, as a makeweight in the deal for Butland. Mings was spotted at Bournemouth station yesterday still wearing his Villa kit TWITTERStoke failed to earn promotion back to the Premier League but are sticking to a valuation in part based on Jordan Pickford, also an England goalkeeper, who cost Everton up to…

Source: The Times May 28, 2019 23:03 UTC