The chairman of Bournemouth, Bill Foley, has admitted Bournemouth made a mistake not signing Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson in January.

Bournemouth agreed a £22.5million deal with Villarreal in January to sign the Senegal international but backed out of the deal after Jackson failed his medical.

The 22-year-old’s form during the closing stages of last season, when he scored nine goals in eight game, convinced Chelsea to take a gamble and make him the first signing of Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure.

Asked to summarise the differences between running a Premier League football club compared to the Vegas Golden Knights, Foley told TNT Sport: “They’re very similar in a lot of different ways.

“The way you accumulate players and build a team in the Premier League is very different. We have a lot of strict rules we have a hard salary cap at £83.5million and you can’t go above it.

“We also have different ways of acquiring players, it’s very strict we have no hijacking in the NHL. Here you can keep talking to players all the way through and the agents. That way it’s different.

“Nicolas Jackson scored a goal last night, of course. We’d have liked to have him and we tried to get him back this year.

“We had him last year and I believe we made a mistake because he didn’t pass his medical but actually he played much sooner than we thought he would. So I’m sorry we didn’t’ get him.”