Bournemouth 'agree £10.25m deal for Roma's Justin Kluivert'

Bournemouth are on the verge of signing Netherlands international Justin Kluivert from Roma for an initial fee of £9.5m, rising to £10.25m with add-ons.

The 24-year-old is set to become the club’s first signing under new manager Andoni Iraola, following the Spaniard’s appointment on Monday.

Kluivert is expected to join the Premier League on a five-year deal after agreeing personal terms with the side.

The winger, who came through the ranks at Ajax, has been on a footballing odyssey since leaving his boyhood club in 2018.

Despite being contracted to Roma since then, he has spent single seasons with RB Leipzig, Nice and Valencia, failing to make an impression at any stop.

New Cherries boss Iraola will hope he can get the kind of form out of Kluivert that motivated Roma to snap him up for £15m while at the Vitality stadium, as he sets about the difficult task of winning over the fanbase after his shock arrival.

The club were comfortably guided to safety last season thanks to the efforts of Gary O’Neil, who initially took over on a caretaker basis before being rewarded with the full-time gig following a series of impressive performances.

O’Neil’s surprise departure on Monday proceeded the almost equally as shocking announcement that the club had lined up the then Rayo Vallecano boss to take the reins.

While in the Spanish capital, Iraola led the minnows back into the top-flight in his first season before back-to-back mid-table finishes.

Kluivert is set to join a Bournemouth side whose top scorers were Dominic Solanke and Philip Billing, who each chipped in with seven, as the side managed to outscore only three other Premier League teams last term.