Bournemouth are near finishing the signing of French centre-back Bafode Diakite from Lille for about £34.6m.
Diakite, 24, will price an preliminary payment of £30.3m plus £4.3m in add-ons, making him Bournemouth's second most costly signing.
The defender has made 85 appearances in Ligue 1 since becoming a member of Lille from Toulouse in 2022, and performed 10 occasions within the Champions League final season.
Bournemouth broke their switch file final season after they signed striker Evanilson from Porto for a payment that would rise to £40.2m.
Diakite is at present within the UK to finish a medical, and can turn out to be the membership's third signing of the summer time after left-back Adrien Truffert and goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
Nineteen-year-old ahead Eli Junior Kroupi is one other addition to Andoni Iraola's squad having spent the rest of final season on mortgage at Lorient after becoming a member of Bournemouth.
The Cherries have offered a lot of their beginning defence from final season, with Milos Kerkez becoming a member of Liverpool in a £40m deal and Dean Huijsen transferring to Actual Madrid for £50m.
With Ukrainian centre-back Illia Zabarnyi near becoming a member of Paris St-Germain for £63m plus add-ons, Bournemouth are eager to signal one other defender earlier than the window closes.
The south-coast membership are recognized admirers of Chelsea defender Josh Acheampong and Sevilla centre-back Loic Bade, although the latter is reportedly set to affix Bayer Leverkusen.
