Bournemouth have accomplished the signing of French centre-back Bafode Diakite from Lille for £34.6m.
The 24-year-old will price the Cherries an preliminary payment of £30.3m plus as much as £4.3m in add-ons, which makes him Bournemouth’s second costliest signing.
He made 31 Ligue 1 appearances final season as Lille completed fifth within the French high flight, and likewise performed 10 instances within the Champions League.
His arrival follows Illia Zabarnyi turning into the third key defender to depart Bournemouth throughout this switch window when he joined Paris St-Germain on Tuesday.
The £57m sale of the Ukraine centre-back adopted Dean Huijsen’s £50m switch to Actual Madrid and Liverpool’s £40m buy of Milos Kerkez.
Bournemouth signed left-back Adrien Truffert from Rennes in a £14.4m deal in June and an additional central defender is being sought.
The Cherries have confirmed Diakite will instantly start working with Andoni Iraola’s squad, who face champions Liverpool within the opening match of the Premier League season on Friday.
Diakite made 112 appearances throughout all competitors for Lille after becoming a member of from Toulouse for £2.5m in 2022.
Lille have mentioned his 13 objectives made him the highest-scoring defender in France throughout his three-year keep on the membership.
Bournemouth broke their switch file final season once they signed striker Evanilson from Porto for a payment that might rise to £40.2m.
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