Adli, who can play across the frontline or as an attacking midfielder, has signed a five-year contract with the Cherries upon becoming their fifth signing of the transfer window.

The Morocco international had been with Leverkusen since 2021, after a spell in France with Toulouse.

He contributed to its unbeaten domestic double-winning campaign under Xabi Alonso in 2023-2024, scoring 10 goals and supplying nine assists en route to the Bundesliga and DFL-Pokal triumphs.

Adli found his minutes limited in 2024-2025 as he made just 11 starts, compared to 23 the previous campaign, and Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United were linked with him earlier in the transfer window.

But Bournemouth has won the race for the 25-year-old's signature, and he could make his debut against Wolves at Vitality Stadium this weekend.

He said: "I'm very proud, first of all, to play for a club like Bournemouth. I was looking at my next move and I felt like Bournemouth was the perfect place for me.

"The people around give me a lot of confidence here and I'm very impressed with the facilities. The people at the club are full of love, so I'm very happy and proud to play for Bournemouth and hopefully achieve good things."

Bournemouth also signed winger Ben Gannon-Doak from Liverpool earlier this week, having already brought in Adrien Truffert, Dorde Petrovic and Bafode Diakite.

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, defenders Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi and winger Dango Ouattara have left Andoni Iraola's side, who lost 4-2 at Liverpool in last week's Premier League opener.

Adli is the latest player to leave Leverkusen ahead of the new season, after Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Granit Xhaka, Jonathan Tah and Lukas Hradecky.