Bournemouth seal club-record signing of Ipswich's Tyrone Mings

ByMaxwell Ward

Updated 26/06/2015 at 16:15 GMT

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.

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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'.

Brett Pitman has completed a transfer to Ipswich

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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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