La Real negotiates with Bournemouth for Diego Rico

Jump the surprise! When it seemed that the Royal Society had forgotten Diego Rico, an old object of desire; It turns out that Roberto Olabe had it in his portfolio from the beginning to be able to reinforce the position of the full-back. And he is already openly negotiating with his club, Bournemouth English to arrive this summer at the San Sebastian club. He ends his contract at the end of this next season and he will not renew, so it seems a good opportunity to sign the Burgos defender. Bournemouth plays in the Championship, the English Second Division, so his wish is to take advantage of the opportunity presented to him to return to the Spanish League.

Diego Rico was already in the orbit of Real Sociedad when he was at Leganés and ended up at Bournemouth, in the summer of 2018. The San Sebastian club insisted a lot on his hiring, brought the positions closer to his environment, and only a better economic offer from the English entity ended up deciding his balance. He is a player who has played more than 60 games in England, between the Premier League and the Championship. The Real in this time has followed him closely, and this summer has reopened the possibility of trying again if he signed, because he has a year left on his contract and it is the last opportunity for Bournemouth to get some economic performance by your hiring.

In 2018, the English club paid Leganés about 15 million euros for his signing. The donostiarras then did not reach that economic amount to sign him, so they could not get his hiring. Now it costs a lot less, despite having played a lot the last two seasons. Its market price is around 5 million euros, but being in its last year of contract the reduction will be substantial. La Real is negotiating with Bournemouth the terms of the transfer, and there is much optimism in the realistic club in reaching an agreement relatively soon to close the operation. With Diego Rico there is harmony, to the point that he could have his new contract already agreed, which would be two seasons with the option of a third. He is 28 years old.

The good relations that remained from the negotiations of three years ago have helped to reach an agreement with relative ease. Strengthening the left-back position was a priority this summer to seek more competition from Nacho Monreal, and now even more so with the injury of the Navarrese and only with Aihen Muñoz in a position to play in that position in the first team.