€35m market value 

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Last week Dominic Solanke sealed his €64.3m move from Bournemouth to Tottenham. It was a club-record signing for Spurs and a club-record sale for the South-coast club. The Englishmen scored 19 Premier League goals last season. The Cherries seem to have taken no time finding a replacement. Bournemouth have reportedly agreed a club record €47m deal to sign Brazilian striker Evanilson from Porto. They will pay €37m with the potential for another €10m in add-ons, should certain clauses be met. Evanlison boasts a current market value of €35, making him Porto’s second most valuable player and the seventh most valuable player in the entire Liga Portugal. The Cherries had also been looking at Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah. 

However, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano announced this Thursday that a bid for Evanilson has been accepted, with the 24-year-old set to fly in for his Bournemouth medical later today. Evanilson was called into the Brazil squad for this summer’s Copa América and has won his first two caps this calendar year. He joined Porto in 2020 for €8m and scored 25 goals in all competitions last season and particularly stood out in Europe. Porto were eventually eliminated by Arsenal in the round of 16 on penalties, but Evanilson scored four goals and provided one assist in seven Champions League games. 

The deal would not only be a Cherries club-record, but if the reported fee is correct, it would make Evanilson the sixth most expensive transfer to a Premier League club this summer if all the add-ons were met. Bournemouth’s previous record signing was Jefferson Lerma, who cost £30.5m when he left Spanish side Levante in 2018. Andoni Iraola’s side start their Premier League campaign away at Nottingham Forest this Saturday. Turkish striker Enes Ünal is currently out injured, with Antoine Semenyo largely expected to deputise up front – the sooner they can confirm the signing of Evanilson the better.