Bournemouth "not close" to new signings

Bournemouth signed Jermain Defoe from Sunderland, Asmir Begovic and Nathan Ake from Chelsea and Connor Mahoney from Blackburn early in the window but have his a brick wall since. 

Howe admits that he would be open to more summer signings. "We're not close. Let's wait and see. I'm not ruling anything out. I've said the same answer I think for about a month now.", he said. 

The English side have lost their first two Premier League games to West Brom and Watford, and Howe has been disappointed by his teams' performance. "Not great. The results are one thing but the performances have been the most disappointing factor in that", he said when assessing their start.

The 'Cherries' side will face Manchester City on Saturday and Howe admitted his side are in for a tough test. "This game will be a different game to others but we have respect for them, they're a tough team to play against, we have to be at our best to get something from the match", he concluded.