Overview
- Rodríguez signed a five-year contract on Tuesday with an initial fee reported around £21–21.4m plus performance add-ons that can push the total to about £25.7m.
- Real Madrid own a 50% sell-on clause from the player’s earlier move to Elche which means roughly half of the transfer proceeds will go to Los Blancos.
- Bournemouth view the 22-year-old as a physical, out-and-out number nine who will compete with Evanilson and offer a different attacking profile under Marco Rose.
- The striker arrives after a season at Elche in which he scored seven LaLiga goals and provided five assists in 34 league appearances and after previous senior spells at Real Madrid and on loan at Getafe.
- The transfer is Rose’s first permanent signing and signals Bournemouth’s intent to add squad depth for European fixtures while other moves, including potential departures and defensive reinforcements, are still being finalised.