Nathan Ake

[itisrising]

I havent watched Ake with a keen eye, nor do I want to watch 'YouTube highlights' of Ake.

For anyone who has focused on Ake's performance, how does he rate, does he fit our calibre, and how do you think he'll fit into our team?

Tbh I don't think anyone here has been following Bournemouth with a close eye lol. But Bournemouth fans view him as their greatest ever player and think he's primed to play for a CL team. As a backup, I don't think we can complain. Seems very quick, reads the game well and has PL experience.

 

[super_city_si]

Is it just me who thinks he’s crap?

 

[Keeper!]

Well we have to remember how Stones looked at Everton , Mendy at Monaco, Cancelo at Juventus. (Bony at Swansea lol)
And we have to see how their current season is.

Lot of players cannot adapt, cannot bring their best at a much better team or in a different league, different setup.

Only a few can really improve.

Like Kompany at Hamburg

 

[Dipsis_LTU_MC]

Pep wants left-footed CB so Ake ticks the box. Good on the ball, decent passer, can play out under pressure, fast, good in the air despite being a bit short and plus homegrown. I think he would be the fastest CB in our squad which is vital when we play such a high defensive line and 90% of teams try to play a long ball over the top.

 

[Gray]

I havent watched Ake with a keen eye, nor do I want to watch 'YouTube highlights' of Ake.

For anyone who has focused on Ake's performance, how does he rate, does he fit our calibre, and how do you think he'll fit into our team?

Better than what we have at present, but isn’t there somebody out there that is better still?

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Better than what we have at present, but isn’t there somebody out there that is better still?

Probably

But Home grown not so sure

If we get Koulibaly and Ake that improves our defence greatly IMO

 

[Draikin]

It will be very hard to sell Ota/Stones for a decent price if we buy him so soon

 

[i8rags]

Or has made 84 appearances out of a possible 150.

Prone to having an absolute mare for both club and country and an injury or two.

All for just shy of £50 million.

Yes. A disaster.

I wouldn’t fancy a pairing of García and Ake , which could be the 2nd string for cups etc ?

but stones and otamendi are ok.

 

[PJM1891]

It will be very hard to sell Ota/Stones for a decent price if we buy him so soon

Waiting for them to be sold before buying could mean we don't get who we want.

 

[nmc]

If Ake agrees to move to us it shows ambition and a willingness to learn. It’s a big step up for him and he will need to develop to get game time. He could move to Newcastle or Everton where he’d get first team football going through the motions.. but it looks like he wants to work with Pep and take his game to the next level. Respect for that.