Nathan Ake

[MillsyTheMosher]

35M is too much for someone who has played a part in a team getting relegated.

25-30M max, especially when Bournemouth's relegation is confirmed.

 

[blueparrot]

35M is too much for someone who has played a part in a team getting relegated.

25-30M max, especially when Bournemouth's relegation is confirmed.

Getting relegated has bugger all to do with his value.

 

[Jumanji]

Ake and Koulibaly in, Stones and Ota out?

Word on the street.

 

[mccity]

It's probably not fair to compare him to Stones in the way we are, particularly as he's not even a City player (yet). We do enough of that with our current crop and it's never the best of discussions.

If he's good enough, he's good enough. If he's not, he's not.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Word on the street.

Comon - you know the rules, what source? - Great Ancoats street, Kippax street, Walmer street.........

 

[simon23]

A high line should be immaterial if it’s done properly. He was played onside Aubamayang. I get that it will happen from time to time so pace in rare situations will be needed, but that shouldn’t be the deciding factor between us winning and losing games.

while i agree with you, the space we leave in behind has been a huge issue all season and one teams do exploit as well as hitting us ont he break after we lose possession in the middle third. You are right, good positional sense, reading of the game can all negate that but at times (especially when possession is lost when it shouldnt be) that bit of pace to recover is necessary as it is in defending one vs one.

Its notable that Walker is usually left deeper on set plays/corners as he has the recovery pace a lot of the others dont

 

[Mon Autre]

35M is too much for someone who has played a part in a team getting relegated.

25-30M max, especially when Bournemouth's relegation is confirmed.

I mean, he isn't just a Bournemouth player, he's also a Dutch international. £35m is quite a weird price bracket generally speaking. It sounds a lot but what does it really get you these days? Weren't Leicester looking at paying £45m for Lewis Dunk last year? I'd rather take Ake at £35m than Maguire at £80m.

It feels like we're looking at shipping out Stones/Otamendi, bringing in 2 CBs and an attack minded player for a total spend of £150m-ish. £35m for Ake leaves £115m for two more so it kind of makes sense? It doesn't massively excite me but it seems quite a solid signing and there will a couple more exciting deals to come I imagine.

 

[Jumanji]

Comon - you know the rules, what source? - Great Ancoats street, Kippax street, Walmer street.........

LOOOL. I'm not ITK man. Certain things get kinda obvious when you start following the transfer chatter in the media for years. Granted, we always get blindsided, though.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Getting relegated has bugger all to do with his value.

Absurd comment, of course it does.

If Bournemouth were to stay up they clearly wouldn't need the additional funds as much as they would if they were relegated due to the guaranteed revenue in the PL of £150,000,000 plus a season.

If they are relegated they will obviously be more reliant on generating additional revenue.

 

[Phil1]

Not going to pretend I've watched any Bournemouth games over the last few years that weren't against us so my opinion of him is made from a very small sample size.
I like the look of him as a footballer, he seems to tick a few of the boxes that Pep looks for when deciding to make a signing and the fee is by no means over the top.
I can see why we would be interested and let's face it, there's two CB at the club now whose day's are numbered, it makes perfect sense to get one of the replacements in ASAP because the top target we're supposedly balls deep in for will be a long drawn out affair that might not even happen.