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Cherries' £6m link with Hibernian turns sour as Bournemouth chief Foley sells his 25 per cent stake back to Gordon family

WHEN your personal wealth is estimated in billions of dollars rather than merely millions, it can be assumed that you know how to differentiate the blunt end from the sharp end.

Bill Foley’s life story suggests he’s forgotten more about business and sport than most of us will ever know, but that’s not to say that the Bournemouth owner grasps absolutely everything.

Twenty-one months after his Black Knight Group paid £6million for a stake in Hibs, a line has finally been drawn under a somewhat bizarre episode.

Foley owned a quarter of the Leith club during that time.