Bournemouth seal club-record signing of Ipswich's Tyrone Mings
Newly-promoted Bournemouth have broken their transfer record to sign Ipswich Town defender Tyrone Mings on a four-year deal for a fee of around £8m.
The deal is a remarkable piece of business for Ipswich, who signed 22-year-old Mings for only £10,000 back in 2012 from non-league Chippenham Town.
The transfer also illustrates Bournemouth's new financial strength as a Premier League club, blitzing their previous record transfer fee of £3m paid for striker Callum Wilson from Coventry last year.
Mings has played 44 times for Ipswich, who lost to Norwich in last season's Championship play-off semi-finals.
Ipswich rejected a bid from Crystal Palace for Mings last summer, but £8m was too good an offer to turn down.
Mings has developed a reputation as a fan-favourite during his time at Portman Road after leaving tickets for a fan who said he couldn't afford to attend the match because he was 'skint'.
Moving in the other direction, Ipswich have signed Brett Pitman and Ryan Fraser from Bournemouth in part of the deal for Mings.
27-year-old Pitman has signed a three-year deal, with the option of a further 12 months, for an undisclosed fee.
He told Ipswich Player HD: "The move happened fairly quickly to be honest. As soon as I heard that Ipswich were interested, it was something that got me really excited straight away.
Midfielder Fraser, meanwhile, heads to Portman Road on a season-long loan deal.
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