Bournemouth add De Boever to coaching staff
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Frederic de Boever has been appointed as Bournemouth's new first-team goalkeeper coach.
He left Monaco at the end of last season and spent the summer working as Belgium's second goalkeeper coach at the World Cup.
De Boever has also spent time as goalkeeper coach at Club Brugge and Al-Arabi, as well as working in Qatar and Singapore.
The Cherries like that he has both Champions League and Europa League experience, and he has also worked with high-profile goalkeepers like Thibaut Courtois, Senne Lammens and Simon Mignolet.
It is understood long-serving goalkeeper coaches Neil Moss and Gareth Stewart were offered roles in the club's academy, with the Cherries keen to keep them both at the club.
Moss is still employed by Bournemouth but his future is unclear, while Stewart has joined Blackburn as their new first-team goalkeeper coach.
Charlie Philpott has also been promoted from the academy to work as De Boever's assistant.
Marco Rose is continuing to shape his coaching team following the departures of Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper to Liverpool and more appointments are expected to be announced over the next couple of days, once contracts and visas are sorted out.
Among them is likely to be a new set-piece coach, which is an area Bournemouth identified as needing improvement after they conceded the most goals from set-plays in the Premier League last season.
