Fiorentina sign Bournemouth's Jimenez on loan

July 16 : Fiorentina have signed 21-year-old Spanish right back Alex Jimenez from Bournemouth on a season-long loan with an option to make the move permanent, the Serie A club said on Thursday.Jimenez made 32 appearances across all competitions for Bournemouth last season, but the Spaniard was dropped in May as the Premier League club omitted him from their squad while investigating social media posts linked to the player.Bournemouth did not provide further details and Jimenez did not respond to requests for comment made to his representatives at the time. Fiorentina did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, although Italian and British media reported the option to buy is worth about 20 million euros ($22.88 million). "ACF Fiorentina announces that it has acquired, on a loan basis