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Chelsea move forward quest for Manchester City's Nathan Ake as they could pass up a major opportunity Matthijs de Ligt
Chelsea's requirement for Manchester City's Nathan Ake has developed further in the midst of fears Juventus protector Matthijs de Ligt could pick Bayern Munich over a transition to London.
Chelsea will offer a higher charge than the Germans of around £68m.
The Blues had recognized de Ligt as one of their key exchange targets and offered Timo Werner as a component of the arrangement however couldn't agree with Juventus.
Bayern have now surpassed Chelsea in the fight for de Ligt, with the German club's lead trainer Julian Nagelsmann and donning chief Hasan Salihamidzic having addressed the Dutchman.
Juventus will acknowledge an expense of £68.9million for de Light and, in spite of the fact that Bayern aren't presently ready to meet that valuation, they are confident that an understanding can ultimately be reached.
With an arrangement for de Ligt demonstrating hazardous, Chelsea will presently concentrate on endeavoring to re-sign Ake.
Thomas Tuchel is anxious to get a high-profile focus back having proactively lost Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.
Ake joined Chelsea as a youth in 2011 and stayed at the club until 2017, taking in a progression of credit spells. In absolute he showed up for Chelsea and won the Europa League and the League Cup.
A transition to Bournemouth followed before Ake finished paperwork for City in 2020. He played only 14 Premier League games for Pep Guardiola's side last season.
Taking Ake back to Stamford Bridge may not be clear, in any case, with City advance notice Chelsea that they have no designs to sell him.
Newcastle made an enquiry for Ake recently and were educated that he is esteemed at £50million.
Regardless of whether Chelsea will follow through on that cost City would need to get a substitution protector before they could endorse a deal.
Chelsea are additionally hoping to sign Ake's colleague, winger Raheem Sterling.
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