Overview
- Bournemouth and Fiorentina confirmed a season-long loan for Álex Jiménez with Fiorentina holding a reported €20 million option to buy and bonus payments.
- The deal reportedly gives Bournemouth 30% of any future sale to limit the club’s immediate financial exposure to the player.
- Jiménez remains suspended by Bournemouth and under an ongoing Football Association probe into social-media posts that led to him being dropped last season.
- The 21-year-old right-back returns to Italy after spells at AC Milan and Real Madrid’s academy and made 32 appearances for Bournemouth last season, scoring once.
- Clubs said the loan required international clearance before confirmation and the structure lets Fiorentina assess the player while the investigation and any disciplinary outcome proceed.