POSITIVE Paul Baker listened to Gerald Krasner sum up Cherries' past, then insisted "it's now about the future".

Presiding over his final press conference as the club's administrator yesterday, Krasner gave the League Two outfit's new owners his seal of approval.

And having taken the Dean Court reins along with his Sport-6 partner Alastair Saverimutto, former Chester City director Baker is looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Echo, he said: "Old-co gets put to bed and new-co picks up the pieces and we go forward as a football club in the Football League.

"I'm going to get my hands dirty now. For the last month or so it's been all about focusing on survival, now it's about the other side of the coin.

"You actually have to get your hands dirty and make all the figures stack up, get the right players on the pitch and get as many points on the board in the shortest period of time.

"It's now about the future, the past is put to bed now."

Baker's thoughts came after Krasner described his time with Cherries as "interesting".

"It's been like every football club - it has similarities and differences," said the ex-Leeds United chairman.

"It's weaved around, we've had had ups, downs and sideways. The management have been very helpful and it's been very focused.

"The object has always been to save the club and keep football playing here.

"If you get success at the end of the day where that's happened, you go out with a smile on your face.

"It would've been a great shame if this club had had to fold."

But Krasner revealed it could have been a different story, with Cherries teetering on the brink of extinction on more than one occasion.

He said: "You've seen the tip of the iceberg and I've seen what's below sea level.

"It's come to the wire more than once and Jeff (Mostyn) has had to come in with his chequebook and rescue it when other promises faded away.

"Three times we got within 24 to 48 hours of me coming here and saying unless somebody gives me a cheque by the end of today, Bournemouth will no longer exist'."

When asked about the club's new owners, Krasner said: "I've met them, had meetings and they're fine, no problems.

"They're business people with the club at heart. You have to have a business head as well as a fan's head to run or be involved in football.

"You can't run a football club purely as a fan unless you're Mr Abramovich."

Krasner has released his administrator's report to the club's website - afcb.co.uk.

Within that, it is revealed that the fee received for Sam Vokes was £300,000, with there also being a sell-on clause, should Wolverhampton Wanderers sell the young striker at a profit.