Fiorentina announce signing of Bournemouth's Alex Jimenez on season-long loan

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sanchez-alejandro-jimenez/bRnH1txc/"]Jimenez[/a] made 32 ‌appearances across all competitions for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] ‌last season, but the Spaniard was ‌dropped in May as the Premier League club omitted him from their squad ‌while investigating social media posts linked ⁠to the ‌player.[/p][p]Bournemouth did not provide further details and ​Jimenez did not respond to requests for comment made to ​his representatives at the time.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a] did not disclose the financial terms of the ⁠deal, although ​Italian and British media reported the option to buy is worth about 20 million euros ($22.88 million).[/p][p][b]"ACF Fiorentina announces that ‌it has acquired, on a loan basis with an option to buy, the sporting rights of player Alejandro Jimenez Sanchez from AFC Bournemouth,"[/b] the Italian club said in a statement.[/p][embed guid="21ff621c-86d3-46e1-b1ee-d538e75121b6" url="https://x.com/afcbournemouth/status/2077762756980195667" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jimenez joined Bournemouth permanently from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-milan/8Sa8HInO/"]AC Milan[/a] in February after an initial loan ‌spell and made 31 Premier League ​appearances last season, scoring one goal.[/p][p]A ‌product of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a]'s academy, Jimenez moved to Milan in 2023 before joining Bournemouth, where he established himself as a regular in the ⁠first team.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the transfer news LIVE this summer[/a].[/b][/p]