Bournemouth have announced the £13million signing of Bristol City and England Under 21 left back Lloyd Kelly.

The 20-year-old becomes the first major signing of the summer transfer window having completed his move on Saturday afternoon.

Kelly had been a target for some of the Premier League's top clubs, including Liverpool and Arsenal, but believes he has greater chance of making an immediate first team impact under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth.

Bournemouth have completed the £13million signing of Lloyd Kelly from Bristol City

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Kelly told Bournemouth's website: 'It's a fantastic club. The move has come around quite quickly, but I'm happy to be here and can't wait to start playing.

'Premier League football is what I've always wanted to achieve. I want to play as many games as possible and I feel like this is the right place for me to try and do that.'

Bournemouth's regular left-back Charlie Daniels suffered a serious knee injury in April and is likely to miss most of 2019.

Liverpool were particularly keen on Kelly as he can play left back and centre back but as competition grew, the deal became expensive and the England U21 international was also aware that he would arrive predominantly as understudy to Andy Robertson.

The 20-year-old left back felt he had a greater chance of first team action at the Cherries

Kelly made his league debut for City in December 2017 and his England U21 debut in November 2018.

He played 32 games in the Championship this season as Lee Johnson's side just missed out on the play-offs.

In total, Kelly has made 48 appearances for Bristol City, scoring twice and has three caps for the Young Lions since his debut last November.