Alex Jimenez completed a move to AFC Bournemouth this afternoon, and the details of the operation have now been revealed.
Bournemouth announced the deal on their website earlier today: “AFC Bournemouth is delighted to announce the signing of talented full-back Álex Jiménez on an initial loan deal from AC Milan.
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“The 20-year-old defender, regarded as one of the brightest young prospects in European football, joins the Cherries with 34 appearances under his belt in all competitions for Milan.”
The details
MilanNews confirm that Jimenez has signed a contract with Bournemouth. The Spaniard heads there on loan for €1.5m, with an obligation to buy (provided he makes at least 18 Premier League starts this season) set at €18.5m.
In other words, Jimenez will have to start about half of the league games that the Cherries play in 2025-26 in order for the deal to become worth €20m. Otherwise, it will remain an optional clause.
It was revealed by Fabrizio Romano recently that Milan turned down a big offer from Napoli for Jimenez earlier in the summer. However, it has now been determined that he is surplus to requirements, also because of question marks about his attitude.
I don’t understand this, we could really use him this season and he has so much talent. Does Mad Max really have a problem with a player getting too fired up??
Well, after 2 clubs moved on from him because of poor attitude and lack of discipline, hopefully he’ll take advantage of his 3rd chance.
Undoubtedly talented player.
Performance based obligation is of little importance if the club does no wish to redeem him. The case of Alberto Aquilani comes to mind.
See you in June then Alex. He’ll be suspended for plenty of those!
He’ll have a chance to properly compete for their right-back position though, so it’s possible.
Still don’t understand how this will work with Madrid’s clause, but let’s find out. Who needs right-backs anyway?
Yes, Let’s sell one of wingbacks, not like we gonna need him in our wingback-based formation 😬🤦♂️
he’s gonna make 32 appearances but only 17 starts, Real will buy him back for 10m and sell to Bournemouth for 16m