Do you expect us to be signing players from Real Madrid because at least you've 'heard' of them?
We're Bournemouth and we're moaning about looking at a player from a midtable club some of us are just too ignorant to have heard of. It's rather ironic. We'd be quick to cry arrogance and ignorance if we and Lewis Cook were dismissed out of hand by fans of a Spanish or Italian side.
I would like to think we have other options in mind if this deal isn't possible. I also think his CV is pretty solid as far as Bournemouth targets can go.
You don't qualify for the World Cup out of the CONMEBOL region if you're a bunch of muppets, it's the world's hardest World Cup qualification route. To break into such a side and start most games this calendar year, he can't be an idiot. Hence the relevance of being a South American side's international, as opposed to......Brad Smith (or TK Rantie as above)
Give me Harry Arter of 2-3 years ago and we wouldn't be having this discussion, because we'd already have a competent tackling midfielder. We do not have that version of Arter.