Bournemouth have come in for criticism from season ticket holders after they announced plans to expand the Vitality Stadium.
Earlier this week, the Cherries revealed that they were planning on major redevelopment works that will increase the capacity at their South-coast ground to over 20,000.
However, while there is excitement among many of their fanbase that the smallest ground in the Premier League is being refurbished and expanded, some supporters are understandably not so enthusiastic.
Approximately 600 season-ticket holders will be moved from their current seats.
The reason for the move will be to allow for extra hospitality seating as part of the expansion plan.
Iraola reacts to Bournemouth fan concerns
Ahead of Saturday's Premier League fixture against Sunderland, head coach Andoni Iraola was naturally quizzed on the development during his pre-match press conference.
The Spaniard told reporters: “It's important to get it right first time.
“The club has to hear what the supporters want and we have to, all together, get it right because we need to create the best atmosphere we can in our stadium.”
Supporter claims “massive” Bournemouth own goal
Speaking to BBC Sport, fan Andrew Parkin claimed that Bournemouth's hierarchy were putting commercial reasons over long-serving fans.
He said: “Me and my parents have had season tickets since the stadium was opened back in 2001. A good chunk of our family life has been spent attending Bournemouth games at home.
“The important thing to stress to people is this isn't us being anti-progress for the club at all. We understand revenue needs to be driven with off-field activities.
“The issue for me and a lot of fans is timing and trust and the treatment of long-standing supporters. The club is making a choice and that seems purely driven by commercial reasons at the expense of 600 fans.
“The club have scored a massive own goal with this.”
FGG says: Bournemouth stadium issues inevitable
Ever since Bournemouth first earned promotion to the Premier League in 2015, it has been questionable whether having a stadium with a capacity of 11,307 would enable the club to stay competitive in the top flight.
To their credit, Bournemouth have made it work for the most part, but owner Bill Foley has not been shy over his ambitions at the club since purchasing it in December 2022.
There has been talk of a new stadium being built close-by, yet the preferred option with the fans has been remaining at Deans Court.
That said, given the upgrades that are desired, uprooting loyal supporters to a certain degree was always going to happen.
As Iraola has stressed, the fans deserve further discussions with Bournemouth chiefs to try to find a middle ground as soon as possible.