There was interesting rumours on Spanish site Mundo Reportivo this week stating that Real Sociedad was interested on plucking Diego Rico away from his Bournemouth nightmare. The Spanish team are in need of a left-back, and having seen AFCB sign Lloyd Kelly this summer, it looks likely that Rico is not going to hang around to be pushed further down the pecking order at the Cherries.
AFCB's record of foreign transfers doing well in the Premier League is not particularly strong. While Juan Iturbe had great skill, he was more of a spectator during his time at the club in the 2015/16 season and Lys Mousset has only done marginally better. Before that of course we have had players in recent years like Mohammed Coulibaly and Tokelo Rantie who also found the going too tough at AFCB. But when Jefferson Lerma and Diego Rico were signed in 2018, it seemed like Bournemouth were really reaching out to continental players and fans might ave expected both players to be shoe-ins for automatic starting places. But only Lerma has made the grade with any consistency.
Diego Rico has always shown plenty of energy and running commitment but he hasn't really got to grips with the defensive duties up the left flank and it looks like Eddie Howe is ready to try something new with Lloyd Kelly. So Rico is probably surplus to requirements, and a move to Real Sociedad would be something that could work for both the player and AFCB who need to start balancing their transfer books a bit better.
Whether Rico still feels he can force more Premier League appearances is what he needs to ask himself this summer, but if the answer is no then you'd think he would want to be on the move. AFCB have enough squad players, they need to find players that can step straight into the first team and if that means letting go of players like Rico, I'd say it's good business.
In other news, Man Utd are said to be keen to target David Brooks, according to the Daily Mail.
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Diego Rico has always shown plenty of energy and running commitment but he hasn't really got to grips with the defensive duties up the left flank and it looks like Eddie Howe is ready to try something new with Lloyd Kelly. So Rico is probably surplus to requirements, and a move to Real Sociedad would be something that could work for both the player and AFCB who need to start balancing their transfer books a bit better.
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In other news, Man Utd are said to be keen to target David Brooks, according to the Daily Mail.
...reckon if we could get 5 or 6 million for Diego then we should sell...we still have Begovic to sell too, which we should be looking to recoup 5 or 6 million as well?...this money could be used to bolster the team as I guess that a decent GK will probably cost us around 10 million?
ReplyDeleteEddie Howe’s Red N Black army! Up the Cherreeeeeeeees!
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