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Bournemouth have appointed Gary O’Neil as their manager on a permanent basis following his spell as interim boss.
O’Neil has signed a one-and-a-half year contract, which has the option to be extended for a further 12 months.
Bournemouth have earned 13 points from 11 top-flight games with O’Neil in interim charge, and are 14th in the Premier League.
He has also guided the Cherries to the fourth round in the Carabao Cup also they beat Everton 4-1 win during his time as caretaker manager.
The decision to give O’Neil the job has been made amid the prospect of the club being taken over by a Las Vegas-based consortium.
The former midfielder made more than 450 appearances for clubs including Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, West Ham, QPR and Norwich, before he moved into coaching.
He took up his first coaching role in August 2020, when he became assistant manager with Liverpool’s Under-23s.
O’Neil joined the coaching set up at Bournemouth under former manager Jonathan Woodgate in February 2021, and took over the first team after Parker’s departure following a 9-0 defeat by Liverpool.
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