Chelsea
are unlikely to exercise their £40m buy-back option for Nathan Ake and will
not be bidding for Bournemouth team-mate Callum Wilson.
The Blues have been scouting former defender Ake and watching striker Wilson
but are now focusing their attention on other targets during the January
transfer window.
Chelsea have been heavily linked with Ake, who played at Stamford Bridge
from 2011 to 2017, with the Blues having a £40m buy-back option on the
Netherlands centre-back.
The west London club inserted the buy-back clause into the centre-back's
£20m deal to Bournemouth in 2017, and were thought to want Ake back after
their FIFA transfer ban was lifted.
Ake came through the same Chelsea youth academy that developed players now
thriving under Frank Lampard including striker Tammy Abraham, centre-back
Fikayo Tomori and midfielder Mason Mount.
Wilson has been on Chelsea's radar for the past 12 months but they are now
unlikely to move for a player who has not scored a league goal since
September 28.
The latest developments gives boss Eddie Howe the re-assurance he can count
on two of his best players for the run-in.
Sky Sports News have been told Howe has the full support of
everyone at the club.
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