A second summer signing for the Cherries

Charlie Daniels has been the umber one choice for the left-back position at AFCB for almost as long as I can remember. Scott Malone occupied the position before Charlie, but there is now a possibility that Diego Rico from Leganes will displace Charlie Daniels for his spot in the team.

SkySports claims that Bournemouth have paid £10.7m for Rico and are to offer the player a four-year deal. At 25-years-old, Rico has many playing years hopefully ahead of him. He has played at Leganes since 2016 when he signed from Zaragosa.

Eddie Howe has a new left-back option.

The new signing does bring up questions about Brad Smith who has been Daniels' deputy a couple of seasons and yet has found it hard to get many Premier League games. With yet another left-back arriving, it is going to be even harder for Smith to find his way into Howe's thoughts.

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Daniels will still expect to fight off any new pretender. He has done it before and he works extremely hard to be the left-back and his runs are somewhat iconic now in the way he attacks on the left side. But if the Cherries are to improve their goals against record they need some players who are defenders first, in my opinion, and it will be interesting to see how attack-minded Rico is. Since joining Leganes Rico has only scored three goals so perhaps Eddie Howe is starting to look more at how his team defends now as he has great options in attack, but in recent seasons we have not seen much change in the defence.  

Daniels won't have to move over immediately as Rico picked up a ban that puts him out for the first three games next season, says the Bournemouth Echo.