Real Madrid swoop to complete signing of Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen

The 20-year-old will join the Spanish giants at the end of the current season with Bournemouth still having two league matches remaining.

Huijsen joined the Cherries from Italian club Juventus for a fee of  Ã‚£12.6m at the start of the current campaign and impressed in his only season in England.

The English club said in a statement: "AFC Bournemouth can confirm that defender Dean Huijsen will join Real Madrid following the conclusion of the 2024/25 season, with the Spanish side having activated a £50 million release clause.

"Everyone at AFC Bournemouth is looking forward to working with Dean for the remaining two games of the Premier League season, before he embarks on the next step of his career.

"The centre-back, who joined the Cherries from Juventus last summer, has been instrumental in the club's record-breaking campaign, which has seen Andoni Iraola's side already break their highest points tally in the Premier League."

The Spain international has made 34 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring three times with Juventus now getting 10 per cent of Huijsen's fee following the transfer.

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