Bournemouth person agreed a woody worthy up to astir £26m for Benfica centre-back Antonio Silva.
The Portugal international, 22, is travelling for a aesculapian aft the 2 clubs reached an statement worthy an archetypal £21.4m, positive a further £4.3m successful add-ons.
It is simply a cardinal signing for the Cherries, who identified replacing Marcos Senesi, pursuing his free-transfer determination to Tottenham earlier this month, arsenic a priority.
Club sources accidental a determination for Silva has required patience, with an statement lone reached aft Benfica's Europa League qualifying-round triumph implicit Swiss broadside St Gallen connected Thursday.
Silva has been a regular for Benfica since breaking into the archetypal squad successful 2022 and has featured successful the Champions League, Europa League and Club World Cup.
He has 20 caps and was successful Portugal's squads for the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024 but was not selected by Roberto Martinez for this summer's tournament.
Silva is expected to go Bournemouth's 2nd signing of the summertime aft the accomplishment of striker Alvaro Rodriguez from Elche successful a woody worth up to £25.7m.
Bournemouth, who person a caller manager successful Marco Rose, are aiming for a summertime of stableness aft selling more than £200m worthy of players past year.
They are determined to defy offers for 3 of their cardinal players - Alex Scott, Rayan and Junior Kroupi.
Kroupi is retired for 3 to 4 months, having suffered an wounded successful pre-season training.
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