Premier League champions Manchester City are looking to strengthen their team defensively when the transfer market reopens in the coming days and they have identified Bournemouth center back Nathan Ake as a potential addition on the defensive front according to the Daily Express.

Manchester City will have to rival Chelsea for Nathan Ake with the Blues also been linked with a January move for the Dutch international player.

Nathan Ake was at Chelsea before he joined Bournemouth permanently in the summer of 2017 and reports claimed that the Blues have a buyback clause in the transfer that took him to the Cherries two years ago and that could prove to be problematic for Manchester City in their bid to sign the player.

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Leicester City were interested in signing Nathan Ake this summer as a replacement for Harry Maguire who had left the club for Manchester United in a world-record fee for a defender.

Manchester United paid £80m to sign Harry Maguire in the summer and Leicester City wanted Nathan Ake to replace him before they were scared away by the £75m price tag slammed on him by Bournemouth.

Premier League champions Manchester City have suffered defensively this season mainly due to the serious knee injury sustained by first-choice center-back Aymeric Laporte in August.

Europa League holders Chelsea are reportedly keen to re-sign Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake according to the latest reports coming out of the media in the United Kingdom.

Nathan Ake was at Chelsea until his loan move to Bournemouth was turned into a permanent transfer in the summer of 2017.

The Dutch international centre back initially joined South Coast club Bournemouth on loan at the start of the 2016/17 season while Italian tactician Antonio Conte was still the Blues boss and the player was called back to the Chelsea team with six months of his one-year loan deal gone in January 2017.

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Bournemouth paid £20m to sign Nathan Ake from Chelsea later that year and the Telegraph claimed that Chelsea inserted a buyback clause of £40m into the transfer that took the Dutchman to the Vitality Stadium.

Chelsea want to exercise that buyback clause by paying the said transfer fee for him return to West London as the club tries to improve their defensive unit with the addition of new players.

The Blues can sign players now after their remaining one-window transfer ban was canceled upon the appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).

Nathan Ake was previously linked with a move to fellow Premier League side Manchester City in the summer.

Bournemouth winger Harry Wilson has impressed a great deal for the Cherries this season following his loan move from Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Harry Wilson joined South Coast club Bournemouth on loan from Liverpool in the summer having spent a successful loan spell at English Championship side Derby County last season.

The Welsh international came close to helping Derby County to seal a return to the Premier League last season only for the Rams to lose to Aston Villa in the Championship playoff final.

Aston Villa gained promotion to the top flight as a result of that final win over Derby County.

Harry Wilson was nominated for the Goal Award for November because of his strikes against Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.

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His goals came away from home in the colours of Bournemouth.

He was on target as Bournemouth lost 2-1 at Newcastle United at the start of last month before netting a fantastic free-kick during the 3-2 loss to Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur in the final game of November.

Apart from Harry Wilson, the likes of Wolverhampton Wanderers playmaker Joao Moutinho, Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, Newcastle United star Jonjo Shelvey and Wolverhampton Wanderers player Ruben Neves all made the shortlist for the Goal Award.

British tennis star Andy Murray has made his prediction for the Bournemouth vs Liverpool game in the Premier League this weekend.

Bournemouth play hosts to Liverpool in a Matchday 16 clash billed for the Vitality Stadium on Saturday evening.

According to Andy Murray, Liverpool will win the game 2-1 thereby maintaining their lead at the top of the Premier League table at least.

Liverpool are in action this weekend before their title rivals Leicester City and Manchester City and this gives them the opportunity to extend their lead at the Premier League summit before their rivals play their respective week 16 games.

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The Reds have an eight-point lead over Leicester City in second place and an 11-point lead over Manchester City in third place.

Manchester City face Manchester United in the late kickoff on Saturday, while Leicester City are guests of Aston Villa on Sunday evening.

Liverpool are the favourites against a Bournemouth side that has lost the last four games in the Premier League including the defeat at Crystal Palace on Tuesday night.

The Cherries were beaten 1-0 by hosts Crystal Palace earlier this week despite the fact that they had a man advantage for the better part of the entire league game.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has revealed that winger Ryan Fraser is keeping his options open amidst doubts over his future at the South Coast club.

Ryan Fraser has been the subject of transfer speculation in the past few weeks.

Eddie Howe spoke about Ryan Fraser at the weekend as monitored by Football London.

According to the Bournemouth manager, Scotland international Ryan Fraser is open to any possibility before pointing out that the club wants him to extend his stay at the Vitality Stadium.

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Eddie Howe made this known shortly after his 10-man team was beaten 2-1 at home by Europa League campaigners Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Bournemouth had to play over half of the league game with ten men after defender Simon Francis was sent off for two yellow cards.

Wolves scored two first-half goals through Joao Moutinho and Raul Jimenez before Steve Cook pulled one back for the hosts in the second half.

Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser has a little over six months on his existing contract at the Vitality Stadium.

He was linked with major Premier League sides like Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in the summer but the petite winger eventually stayed at Bournemouth for this season.

North London side Tottenham Hotspur are said to be eyeing a big money transfer for Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake.

This is according to the Football Insider which disclosed that Spurs are looking for a long-term replacement for the ageing duo of Jan Vertoghen and Toby Alderweireld.

The two Belgian international centre backs have less than a year left on their respective Spurs contract and their long-term future is in serious doubt.

Jose Mourinho wants to sort out his defence in the New Year following his appointment as the new Tottenham Hotspur manager last week Wednesday.

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The Portuguese tactician is renowned for defensive organisation for his teams ranging from FC Porto to Chelsea to Inter Milan to Real Madrid to Manchester United.

Nathan Ake was formerly a Chelsea player before his transfer to Bournemouth in the summer of 2017.

Bournemouth paid £20m for his transfer having previously spent six months on loan at the club during the first half of the 2016/17 season.

Earlier reports claim that he has a £40m release clause in his Bournemouth contract which is twice the money paid by the Cherries for the Dutch international.

Premier League champions Manchester City and former club Chelsea have been linked with his signature.

Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser won’t leave the club for Premier League leaders Liverpool during the winter transfer window in the New Year.

This is according to respected journalist Peter Rutzler who works for The Athletic.

He said that South Coast club Bournemouth won’t sell the petite Scotland international player Ryan Fraser.

It was revealed that Bournemouth are not willing to sell Ryan Fraser despite the fact that he has less than a year left on his current deal at the Vitality Stadium.

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Recent reports had claimed that Bournemouth will sell Ryan Fraser for around £10m to £15m and that a swap deal with Liverpool for young winger Harry Wilson is also a possibility.

Welsh international Harry Wilson is on loan at Bournemouth from Liverpool at the moment and he has already scored four goals for the Cherries in the Premier League this season including the strike against Newcastle United during the game which ended in a 2-1 win for the Magpies.

Ryan Fraser was linked with a lot of clubs in the summer including Liverpool.

Other Premier League side like Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United were all linked with the Scotsman after his spectacular outing last season which ended with 14 league assists.

Reigning European champions Liverpool are reportedly plotting a swap deal for Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser.

This is according to TalkSports which revealed that talks are at an advanced stage that will see Ryan Fraser join Liverpool.

Scottish international Ryan Fraser has a little over six months left on his contract at Bournemouth and the South Coast club wants to sell him during the January transfer window.

Ryan Fraser is worth around £10m to £15m at the moment and Liverpool are in talks to sign him in January with Harry Wilson going the other way.

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Liverpool winger Harry Wilson is on loan at Bournemouth and has impressed a great deal after netting four times in the Premier League including the last league game which ended in a 2-1 defeat at the home of Newcastle United.

Harry Wilson was on loan at Derby County last season where he scored 18 goals for the Rams as the Welsh international almost led the English Championship club back to the Premier League before the 2-1 defeat to the playoff final.

On his part, Ryan Fraser (14 assists) was the second most assist provider in the Premier League last season behind new Real Madrid signing Eden Hazard who had 16 assists for Chelsea.