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How did Bournemouth lose five star players at the same time... and get better? JAMES SHARPE reveals all their secrets including the transfer trick that keeps them ahead, Andoni Iraola's genius and the plan already in place if super-coach leaves

It's one of the biggest questions of the early season. How on earth do Bournemouth do it?

Their best-ever start to a Premier League season, three wins on the bounce, and an early place in the Champions League spots, level on points with Arsenal and Tottenham.

All after a summer in which they lost three of their first-choice back line in Milos Kerkez, Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen to Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid and their on-loan goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga went back to Chelsea, before heading across London to Arsenal.