{"id":625169,"date":"2023-07-17T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625169"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:36:13","slug":"bournemouth-plata-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/17\/bournemouth-plata-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth Given Boost in Pursuit of \u2018Jet Heeled Winger\u2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Valladolid\u2019s Gonzalo Plata recently discussed his willingness to leave the team in an interview with journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/majofloresm\/status\/1679557644976005123\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maria Jose Flores<\/a>, stating he is open to receiving offers &#8211; in a boost to Bournemouth&#8217;s hopes of signing the 22-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/bournemouth&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ecuadorian international\u2019s words will have put the Cherries&#8217; hierarchy on high alert after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/sport\/23576347.afc-bournemouth-linked-multiple-wingers-transfer-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> suggest the club are interested in the pacy winger.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bournemouth\u2019s Pursuit of Gonzalo Plata Given Boost by Player<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFgI8YJRqKw?autoplay=1&amp;playlist=pFgI8YJRqKw&amp;loop=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Plata Discusses His Future<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andoni Iraola may be going over his new squad at the club\u2019s Marbella training camp in Spain, but the work on bringing in new players is also well underway behind the scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/07\/iraolas-first-press-conference\/\" target=\"_self\">I Will Help the Club\u2019: Andoni Iraola Outlines His Intent as New Bournemouth Manager<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plata is the most recent player to attract interest from the South Coast club, with reports from South America suggesting the Ecuadorian international to be valued at just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ole.com.ar\/ecuador\/internacional\/gonzalo-plata-futuro-transferencia-ofertas-valladolid_0_uC4rw4jOao.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a38 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 22-year-old has fanned the flames surrounding his own future after speaking to Flores, stating he is \u2018open to receive any kind of offers from any country\u2019. He also went on to say that there have been some proposals made and that \u2018only the yes of Valladolid is missing\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This news will be of keen interest to Bournemouth fans who will be excited at the proposition of the South American turning up at Vitality Stadium &#8211; and with good reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifaplus\/en\/articles\/ecuador-world-cup-qatar-2002-qatar-netherlands-senegal-gustavo-alfaro-moises-caicedo-gonzalo-plata\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIFA<\/a> described him as a \u2018jet heeled winger\u2019 who can \u2018dazzle\u2019 defenders with his speed and skill in Ecuador\u2019s team profile ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His performances for his club over the past two seasons would also suggest his talents can be transferred into a productive outlay, having made 19 goal contributions in 67 appearances for the Spanish club.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Spotted in Marbella<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans have also been talking about Plata\u2019s presence at the Marbella football centre after the winger appeared on his agent&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/gonzaloplata\/3146747998583344114\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram story <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">working hard in a private training session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bournemouth are also currently using the Spanish football camp for their pre-season schedule and recently defeated Hibernian 4-0 in a friendly before losing 1-0 to Maccabi Tel Aviv.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/14\/bournemouth-alex-scott-chase\/\" target=\"_self\">Top Target\u2019: Bournemouth Set to Bid Again for \u00a34K-Per-Week Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, whilst both parties are sharing the same training facility, there is nothing concrete to suggest the player is about to make the switch from La Liga to the Premier League.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever the attacker does ends up, he will be a great addition, and for the money being reported, it would be a steal for a young player who boasts international experience at a World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_624989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-624989\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/AFC-Bournemouth-Vitality-Stadium.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of stand in Bournemouth's stadium\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/AFC-Bournemouth-Vitality-Stadium.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/AFC-Bournemouth-Vitality-Stadium-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-624989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo provided by Chris Downer: https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/638680 CC by SA 2: https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q19068220<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Valladolid\u2019s Gonzalo Plata recently discussed his willingness to leave the team in an interview with journalist Maria Jose Flores, stating he is open to receiving offers &#8211; in a boost to Bournemouth&#8217;s hopes of signing the 22-year-old. 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