Bournemouth confirm signing of Portugal centre-back Antonio Silva from Benfica

[p]The ‌22-year-old is set to replace [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/senesi-marcos/tzX63L7E/"]Marcos Senesi[/a], who left [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] ‌to join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a] on ⁠a ‌free transfer.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silva-antonio/0xBtwxKs/"]Silva[/a] has made 235 appearances ​for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] in all competitions and was named ​the Portuguese Primeira Liga's defender of the year when he ⁠helped the ​club to win the title in 2022-23.[/b][/p][embed guid="f776f5a9-f595-4ee2-a333-e1b5c99f7bfc" url="https://x.com/afcbournemouth/status/2083553343360610357" social-type="twitter" /][p]He was also part of the Portugal squad that ‌won the Nations League last year.[/p][p][b]"Despite being only 22, he has already built an outstanding level of experience at one of Europe's biggest clubs,"[/b] said Tiago Pinto, Bournemouth's president of football operations.[/p][p]Bournemouth, who ‌will play in Europe for ​the first time after earning ‌a Europa League berth last season, kick off their Premier League campaign at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]Manchester City[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/manchester-city-Wtn9Stg0/?mid=ILLvry8r"]August 23[/a].[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /]