{"id":601506,"date":"2021-09-09T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=601506"},"modified":"2021-09-09T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:36:12","slug":"lewis-cook-signs-new-bournemouth-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/09\/lewis-cook-signs-new-bournemouth-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Cook Signs New Bournemouth Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/bournemouth-jamal-lowe-ryan-christie\/\" target=\"_self\">Bournemouth<\/a> midfielder Lewis Cook has officially signed a new contract until 2024, the club have confirmed. The news comes with the Cherries looking to gain promotion to the top flight two years after their relegation. Cook is a crucial part to those ambitions, too, as one of the mainstays in Scott Parker\u2019s side before his long-term injury.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, under Parker, the Cherries have enjoyed an unbeaten start in the Championship, winning against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/nottingham-forest-transfers-window-closes\/\" target=\"_self\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> and Birmingham City and drawing against Blackpool, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/07\/kean-bryan-completes-west-bromwich-albion-move\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion<\/a> and Hull City. Next up, they square off against Barnsley, hoping to gain all three points.<\/p>\n<h2>Lewis Cook Signs New Bournemouth Deal<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cook2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cook2024<\/a> \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;re absolutely delighted to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewiscook_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewiscook_<\/a> has signed a new three-year deal \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/syz6yZGGtm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/syz6yZGGtm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AFC Bournemouth \ud83c\udf52 (@afcbournemouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afcbournemouth\/status\/1436026621140557831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>AFC Bournemouth chief executive Neill Blake told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcb.co.uk\/news\/commercial\/pickmemsp-win-for-barnsley-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">afcb.co.uk<\/a>: \u201cWe are delighted to have secured Lewis\u2019 services for at least another three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has established himself as a very important member of the squad and we see him having a major role to play on the pitch over the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLewis has worked tirelessly and diligently on his rehabilitation and has made many sacrifices to ensure both he and the club benefit when he returns to action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know Scott and his team think highly of Lewis and are very much looking forward to getting him back once his recovery has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a club, we were pleased with how the summer transfer window panned out and having Lewis available again will only add to what we feel is a very competitive squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cook also shared his feelings after the announcement: &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted, I&#8217;m really happy with where the club is at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about the new management team, the first few games that I&#8217;ve watched have made me excited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really happy to get it sorted and signed, now I&#8217;ll knuckle down ready to get back on the pitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"Uv2DTFUJTg5XGdmazuoZgQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1335247962\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Uv2DTFUJTg5XGdmazuoZgQ',sig:'WUSjWGKscalT_L358vYHLMQM2oi9z6UoYiZyurbUwgU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1335247962',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bournemouth midfielder Lewis Cook has officially signed a new contract until 2024, the club have confirmed. The news comes with the Cherries looking to gain promotion to the top flight two years after their relegation. Cook is a crucial part to those ambitions, too, as one of the mainstays in Scott Parker\u2019s side before his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":601507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9,33],"tags":[2564],"class_list":["post-601506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-bournemouth","category-championship","tag-lewis-cook"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}