{"id":549530,"date":"2026-07-14T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549530\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:11:10","slug":"bournemouth-sign-25-7m-striker-alvaro-rodriguez-from-elche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549530\/","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth sign \u00a325.7m striker Alvaro Rodriguez from Elche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bournemouth<\/a> have announced the signing of striker Alvaro Rodriguez from Spanish club Elche in a deal worth up to \u00a325.7m.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has joined on a five-year contract to strengthen the Cherries’ forward line alongside Evanilson, with the deal confirmed on the day of his 22nd birthday.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez should provide a more physical presence in attack and will add competition and depth as Bournemouth<\/a> prepare for their first season in Europe having qualified for the Europa League.<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Madrid will receive 50% of any future transfer fee for the Uruguay youth international, who is also eligible to represent Spain, after selling him to Elche last summer.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez scored seven goals and provided five assists in 34 La Liga appearances last season.<\/p>\n

New Bournemouth<\/a> manager Marco Rose had previously been interested in signing Rodriguez before his move to the Vitality Stadium, while the Cherries had also been scouting him for some time.<\/p>\n

It is also understood Rodriguez is not being signed as a replacement for teenage forward Junior Kroupi<\/a>, who has been linked with a move away, with the Cherries instead looking to sell Turkey striker Enes Unal.<\/p>\n

“It is a great privilege to be here,” Rodriguez said. “I have always wanted to play in the Premier League and now, on my birthday, I can make that dream a reality.<\/p>\n

“It has been a dream since I was a child and, when my agent told me Bournemouth<\/a> were interested, I could not believe it.<\/p>\n

“Everything I have experienced so far is important for this next chapter and I want to keep improving here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bournemouth have announced the signing of striker Alvaro Rodriguez from Spanish club Elche in a deal worth up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-549530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}