JEFF Mostyn has urged the floating voters to get behind his consortium ahead of Friday's EGM over the future of AFC Bournemouth.

The Hampshire-based businessman, in tandem with associate director Steve Sly, will ask the club's shareholders for a seal of approval to become the new owners, having already committed to a minimum investment of £750,000.

And Mostyn remains "very confident" other investors will step forward to pump in further funds for a brighter future, if the duo are handed the reins at Dean Court.

Mostyn told the Daily Echo: "If myself and Steve Sly get the shareholders' support, I am also very confident that other investors will join us.

"Future investment is both urgent and essential if we are to regain the club's assets. These include the catering and conference facilities, the club shop and ultimately the stadium.

"I can guarantee any wavering voters that our consortium has only the best interests of the club at heart. We are not in this for any short-term personal gain."

Although Cherries have been financially stricken for a number of years, Mostyn believes there is now a chance to finally make effective progress.

He said: "It is thanks to the tremendous work of the shareholders and the extraordinary support of the fans, that the club has survived.

"Abdul Jaffer and his boardroom colleagues have done a remarkable job in keeping this football club alive through some exceptionally difficult times.

"But we now have a chance to build on these foundations. We have to move on from simply surviving and start to plan how we are going to take the club forward."