Bournemouth agree Tyler Adams deal with Leeds; USMNT midfielder set for £23m transfer - The Athletic 18/8/23
By Adam Leventhal and Phil Hay
Bournemouth have agreed a deal with Leeds to sign USMNT
midfielder Tyler Adams for a fee in the region of £23million plus add-ons.
The south coast club made the breakthrough on Friday after
protracted negotiations.
Adams is set to undergo a medical on Friday afternoon and,
if all goes to plan, the 24-year-old will sign a five-year deal.
The Athletic reported on Thursday that a potential deal was
proving complicated, with Bournemouth believing they had met a time-limited
relegation release clause of £20m, but Leeds maintaining that it had expired.
Talks continued, despite the apparent impasse, and Adams is
now set to return to the Premier League with Androni Iraola’s side.
Adams had last week travelled to London to finalise a
proposed move to Chelsea, only for the deal to fall through. The west London
club have since signed midfielder Moises Caicedo from Brighton and Romeo Lavia
from Southampton.
Adams has been recovering from a hamstring injury that saw
him undergo what the club described as “non-invasive” surgery at the end of
March. He had stepped up his training programme in recent weeks and is
scheduled to return after next month’s international break.
He has 36 caps for the USMNT and captained them at the 2022
World Cup in Qatar.
