Diakite Set To Join Bournemouth For £34.6m

Bournemouth are adjacent to completing nan signing of French centre-back Bafode Diakite from Lille for astir £34.6m.

Diakite, 24, will costs an first interest of £30.3m positive £4.3m successful add-ons, making him Bournemouth's 2nd astir costly signing.

The defender has made 85 appearances successful Ligue 1 since joining Lille from Toulouse successful 2022, and played 10 times successful nan Champions League past season.

Bournemouth collapsed their transportation grounds past play erstwhile they signed striker Evanilson from Porto for a interest that could emergence to £40.2m.

Diakite is presently successful nan UK to complete a medical, and will go nan club's 3rd signing of nan summertime aft left-back Adrien Truffert and goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.

Nineteen-year-old guardant Eli Junior Kroupi is different summation to Andoni Iraola's squad having spent nan remainder of past play connected indebtedness astatine Lorient aft joining Bournemouth.

The Cherries person sold overmuch of their starting defence from past season, pinch Milos Kerkez joining Liverpool successful a £40m woody and Dean Huijsen moving to Real Madrid for £50m.

With Ukrainian centre-back Illia Zabarnyi adjacent to joining Paris St-Germain for £63m positive add-ons, Bournemouth are keen to motion different defender earlier nan model closes.

The south-coast nine are known admirers of Chelsea defender Josh Acheampong and Sevilla centre-back Loic Bade, though nan second is reportedly group to subordinate Bayer Leverkusen.