Les Ferdinand turns down Cherries

Former England striker Les Ferdinand has told AFC Bournemouth that he is no longer interested in the managerial position at Dean Court.

Ferdinand had an interview with the club last week, but has since told Cherries Chairman Abdul Jaffer that he no longer wished to be considered.

Abdul told the Daily Echo…

‘The club and Les have had an informal discussion regarding the manager’s position at AFC Bournemouth and Les has decided that at this time, he does not wish to take it any further.’

Abdul Jaffer also confirmed…

‘The job has certainly not been offered to anyone.



Below are links to all the stories that have involved people linked to the position by the media…

Dave Penney (linked by the BBC) – click here

David Hodgson (linked by the Sky Sports News) – click here, Hodgson was then suspended as Darlington manager (click here) and then two days later he was sacked as Darlington manager (click here), Darlington then said that the FA would be invited to look at the matter to inquiry investigate FA rules (click here) but then denied that AFC Bournemouth had any involvement in the inquiry (click here)

Andy Hessenthaler (linked by the BBC) – click here

Steve Bleasdale (linked by the Daily Echo) – click here

Rob Lee (linked by the Daily Echo) – click here

Les Ferdinand (linked by the Daily Echo) – click here, he the spoke about his interest in the job before his interview – click here and then after his interview he confirmed that he was no longer interested – click here

Graham Rix (Admitted interest to the Daily Echo)- click here, the media then speculated that he had already been offered the job, Abdul Jaffer denied this was the case (click here)

Phil Brown (linked by the Daily Echo) – click here

Garry Hill (Tells Sky Sports he is staying at Weymouth)- click here

Stuart Murdoch (Admitted interest to the Daily Echo)- click here

Joe Roach (Admitted interest to the BBC)- click here and then turned down the offer for an interview (click here)

Marcus Browning (Admitted interest to afcb.co.uk)- click here

Steve Fletcher (Ruled himself out to the BBC) – click here

Iffy Onuora (Admitted interest to Swindon Advertiser) – click here

Peter Grant (linked by the Daily Echo) – click here

Jamie Redknapp (linked by the News of the World)- click here and then ruled himself out to the Daily Echo here