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Chelsea have moved forward discussions with Manchester City over an arrangement for Nathan Ake, as per The Times.
Per the report, Ake is well open to joining Chelsea in the wake of expenditure seven years on the Blues' books somewhere in the range of 2011 and 2017 before his long-lasting move to Bournemouth. The 27-year-old has arisen as an exchange focus at Stamford Bridge over the most recent few weeks as Chelsea target support at the back following the exit of Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rudiger and potentially Cesar Azpilicueta.
Behind any semblance of Ruben Dias, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte in the dominance hierarchy at Man City, Ake was significantly on the edges of Pep Guardiola's beginning XI last break where he made only 10 association begins for the possible English bosses.
With the 2022 World Cup now only four months away, the Dutchman will be competing for a spot in Louis van Gaal's last crew for the excursion to Qatar in November and playing consistently at club level would help his goal enormously.
Ake is set to be the second player to trade the Etihad Stadium for Stamford Bridge this late spring with Raheem Sterling now very nearly turning into Chelsea's most memorable procurement of the ebb and flow move window having concurred individual terms.
In the mean time, Thomas Tuchel's men are likewise in chats with other protective exchange targets like Jules Kounde and Matthijs de Ligt, while an expected dive for Raphinha additionally stays a serious chance regardless of Barcelona taking steps to ruin the party since Chelsea reached an accord with Leeds United. Chelsea were plainly outclassed by Liverpool and Manchester City during the equitable closed Premier League crusade yet the west Londoners completed as "the best of the rest" and should reinforce their crew essentially in the event that they are to have any possibility of shutting the hole in last season's main two groups.
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