Bournemouth sign highly-rated Juanlu: Transfer fee, contract details revealed

By Ben Sully | 06 Aug 2026 15:41

Bournemouth person completed the signing of right-back Juanlu Sanchez from Spanish broadside Sevilla. 

The Cherries identified the 22-year-old arsenic a imaginable people aft sending Alex Jimenez connected indebtedness to Fiorentina past month.

Bournemouth person present confirmed Juanlu arsenic their 3rd summation of the summertime transportation model pursuing the arrivals of Antonio Silva from Benfica and Alvaro Rodriguez from Elche. 

Juanlu is expected to beryllium Bournemouth's first-choice right-back, with the experienced Adam Smith acceptable to play a backup role. 

Juanlu joins Bournemouth successful £11.1m transfer

As per BBC Sport, Bournemouth person agreed to wage Sevilla an archetypal £9.4m to prise Juanlu distant from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

The woody besides includes a further £1.7m successful add-ons, which could instrumentality the full outgo of the transportation to £11.1m

According to writer Ben Jacobs, the full-back has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a semipermanent declaration that volition tally until the summertime of 2031.

“I americium precise happy, some for maine and for my family," Juanlu told Bournemouth's authoritative website.

"We had a batch of desire to travel present and yet I tin accidental that I americium a subordinate of Bournemouth. 

"It's a precise acquainted club. I deliberation it's a precise affirmative nine to proceed to turn arsenic a shot player. The city, arsenic small arsenic I person seen, is wonderful. I deliberation it's a precise bully spot to proceed to turn and grow.

"Everyone has a imagination of playing successful the Premier League. I deliberation it's the best league successful the satellite and we each imagination of playing here.”

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The Sevilla academy merchandise made implicit 100 appearances for his boyhood nine aft breaking into the squad arsenic an 18-year-old successful the 2021-22 campaign.

Juanlu developed a estimation successful La Liga arsenic an attack-minded right-back who tin transportation the shot and is comfy playing further guardant erstwhile required. 

The defender has besides represented Spain astatine aggregate property groups astatine younker level and was portion of the squad that won Olympic golden successful 2024.

Having conscionable completed his move, it remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition play a relation successful Saturday's affable against Sevilla's arch-rivals Real Betis.

If helium does not diagnostic successful that game, helium could marque his archetypal Bournemouth quality successful the club's last pre-season affable against Mainz 05.