AFC Bournemouth signs Benik Afobe from Wolves
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One of the Championship's most prolific scorers is heading to Dean Court.
AFC Bournemouth completed the signing of Benik Afobe from Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, as the 22-year-old forward put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year contract that'll keep him with the Cherries until 2020. According to BBC Sport, Bournemouth agreed to a fee of £10 million for Afobe, making him a club-record signing.
(Courtesy: AFC Bournemouth)
Afobe, a product of Arsenal, is Wolves' top scorer this season having tallied nine goals while appearing in all 25 of the club's Championship fixtures. In his previous campaign, he netted 32 goals at Wolves and Milton Keyton Dons, where he was loaned out.
The reported £10-million fee marks an increase from Bournemouth's reported £8-million purchase of Tyrone Mings last year. Mings was the Cherries' club-record buy at the time, but suffered an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament in his Premier League debut.
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