Spanish football expert Juan Castro says Bournemouth target Alvaro Rodriguez can score “a lot of goals” for the club but needs to “progress and upgrade” to succeed in the Premier League.
The Cherries are reportedly in talks over an £18m move for the 21-year-old striker, who scored seven goals for Elche last season.
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“It’s not a big star in the Spanish league, but he is a striker who can score a lot of goals for Bournemouth,” Castro told BBC Radio Solent.
“People can expect from him a lot of fight and a lot of goals. He can fit in that system, in that team, he can replace any player. Of course he has to upgrade a little bit from his performances in La Liga.
“He has to progress to success in the Premier League. He has promised a lot at Real Madrid initially, then Getafe, and in the last season Elche, but in my opinion he has to progress and step forward to succeed in the Premier League.
“He is a great header of the ball but he is also a specialist in creating space for himself inside the box. He is selfish enough to create his space between the defenders in the box and to score goals but he is more known as a good header.”
Elsewhere at Bournemouth, first team coaches Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper are confirmed to have departed the club to follow Andoni Iraola to Liverpool.
On their exits, former Cherries defender Warren Cummings said: “Incredible move for both of them and shows what Andoni thinks of them.
“For those two I’m delighted and I don’t think it’s a move they can turn down.”
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