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Is this one a keeper? The reasoning behind Cherries' constantly changing goalkeeping stable

AFC Bournemouth have signed a new goalkeeper every season for the past six years. Cherries On Top analyses why - and the thinking behind it.

27.08.26, 17:45 Updated 27.08.26, 17:48 12 Minute Read

AFC Bournemouth have welcomed Michele Di Gregorio to the club on a loan deal from Juventus.

Cherries have signed a goalkeeper every season since the 2020/21 campaign, six straight years where they have refreshed their stable of shot stoppers.

This raises the question - why? No club can afford to stay still in the transfer market, but the position between the sticks is usually where stability is valued.

Last year Djordje Petrovic became the first Bournemouth goalkeeper since Mark Ovendale in the 1998/99 season to play every single minute of Cherries’ campaign.

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Jack Tanner

Starting his journalism career covering local non-league football at the age of 14, Dorset-native Jack Tanner covered Cherries for the Bournemouth Daily Echo for the best part of four years. After a brief stint covering AFC Bournemouth on a freelance basis for national newspapers, Jack went on to cover boxing for The Independent.

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