{"id":331378,"date":"2026-05-08T18:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331378"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:18:17","slug":"alex-jimenez-suspended-by-bournemouth-over-alleged-messages-to-15-year-old-girl-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/alex-jimenez-suspended-by-bournemouth-over-alleged-messages-to-15-year-old-girl-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Jimenez suspended by Bournemouth over alleged messages to 15-year-old girl | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Bournemouth have suspended Alex Jimenez for his or her game against Fulham this weekend (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alex Jimenez has been suspended by Bournemouth following allegations that had exchanged inappropriate messages with a teenage girl.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots showing a text exchange between Jimenez, 21, and the 15-year-old were posted on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>One message also included a selfie of Jimenez together with a suggestive caption. There isn&#8217;t a suggestion the footballer ever met the girl.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth have now launched an investigation and have confirmed that Jimenez won&#8217;t be included of their squad for his or her Premier League game against Fulham on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A press release from Bournemouth on Friday afternoon read: \u2018AFC Bournemouth are aware of posts circulating on social media involving right-back, Alex Jimenez.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The club understand the seriousness of the matter and it&#8217;s currently being investigated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In consequence, Alex won&#8217;t be included within the squad for tomorrow\u2019s Premier League game against Fulham and the club might be making no further comment at the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised football updates every single day\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jimenez initially joined Bournemouth on loan from AC Milan last summer before the Premier League side made the move everlasting for \u00a316.5 million in February.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has made 32 appearances for Bournemouth this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the newest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Nicky Butt names 4 \u2018average\u2019 Man Utd stars who will leave with Casemiro this summer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Morgan Gibbs-White injury update ahead of Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Arsenal enter race to sign \u00a352m Liverpool transfer goal<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--football\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter<\/h4>\n<p>Enroll and tell us which team you support to get personalised updates about your club.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bournemouth have suspended Alex Jimenez for his or her game against Fulham this weekend (Getty) Alex Jimenez has been suspended by Bournemouth following allegations that had exchanged inappropriate messages with a teenage girl. Screenshots showing a text exchange between Jimenez, 21, and the 15-year-old were posted on social media on Friday. 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