Huijsen completes Bournemouth switch from Juventus

Dean Huijsen has completed a £12.6million move to Bournemouth from Juventus, the club confirmed on Tuesday.

Huijsen, who made just one senior appearance for Juventus, has signed a six-year deal with Andoni Iraola s side.

The 19-year-old spent the second half of the 2023-24 season on loan with Roma, making 14 league appearances and scoring twice.

Huijsen helped the Giallorossi to a sixth place finish in Serie A, keeping four clean sheets across all of his outings.

The Dutch defender s addition fits in with Iraola s possession philosophy, completing 393 of his 451 attempted passes last season, a pass accuracy of 87.14%.

He becomes the Cherries’ fourth senior signing of the summer, following the arrivals of Alex Paulsen, Daniel Jebbison and t…