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Bournemouth forward Dominic Solanke is a striker the Lilywhites rate but his homegrown status means Daniel Levy must be prepared to pay ‘a premium price’.

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Spurs aren’t the only club monitoring the 27-year-old either. London rivals West Ham and Chelsea are also interested in the Baskingstoke-born hitman so competition for his signature will be fierce.

During his five years with the Cherries, Solanke, who has three years left on his deal, has scored a total of 77 goals in just over 200 appearances. His best campaign came last season when he netted 19 league goals from 37 starts.

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Former Chelsea star open to return but structure of clause could complicate transfer

Mark Brus — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:00:16 +0000

Former Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke is open to a return to the club this summer but Bournemouth have reportedly declined to allow the Blues to pay his release clause in instalments, according to Simon Phillips.

Solanke impressed at Bournemouth last season, scoring 19 goals in 38 Premier League games, and 21 in all competitions in total.

It now surely makes sense for Chelsea to look again at Solanke, even if he failed to make a first-team breakthrough at Stamford Bridge earlier in his career, leading him to pursue his career elsewhere.

Solanke has improved a lot since then, and the 26-year-old now looks like he could clearly have a positive impact in this Chelsea team, which was overly reliant on a young and inconsistent Nicolas Jackson last season.

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While things do not seem to be advanced yet, the Solanke to Chelsea story clearly seems like one to watch, according to Phillips.

CFC need a striker, and Phillips has linked a number of targets as options for the west London giants, with Solanke one of them, and with the England international open to joining.

“One situation of this could certainly be certainly Dominic Solanke, because things have been happening here, although SPTC sources still maintain nothing is advanced,” Phillips said.

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“But he’s absolutely seriously being considered, I’ve heard from yet another source last night that Solanke is a name mentioned to them too. It’s a unanimous report now from SPTC sources. Let’s see if anything goes any further.

“Last we heard was that Bournemouth do not wish to let Chelsea pay the release clause in instalments, and maybe it does end there. But there’s always room for negotiations in these things, and Chelsea would look for the player to push. Solanke is open to a return. Again, nothing advanced, but certainly something going on there, there’s just far too much noise for it to be absolutely nothing in it.”

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Liverpool can financially benefit if Chelsea sign £65m Premier League striker

Ahad Shaukat — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:03:24 +0000

Liverpool can receive an unexpected £9 million transfer windfall if Chelsea go ahead with their interest in Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke.

According to Anfield Watch, the Reds can receive financial boost if their Premier League rivals Chelsea sign former Liverpool striker Solanke.

The Merseyside club sold the English striker back in 2019 for an initial £19m to Bournemouth but they added a clause in the deal that could benefit them now.

Chelsea, who are looking for a new striker this summer, have been linked with a move for Solanke.

The 26-year-old scored 19 Premier League goals last season and he was one of the best players in the league.

His brilliant form has attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs in England including Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham.

According to The Athletic, his Bournemouth contract has a £65 million release clause that only specific teams may trigger.

Liverpool can benefit from Dominic Solanke’s sale to Chelsea.

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Liverpool are also guaranteed 20 percent of whatever money Bournemouth make on the attacker.

The Reds will get £9 million if Chelsea decide to sign the in-form attacker.

Solanke was expected to make Gareth Southgate’s squad for the European Championship this summer but he was surprisingly left out as Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney went with the squad as Harry Kane’s back up.

Liverpool are waiting for Chelsea to make a move for Solanke

Due to his efforts, Bournemouth were able to surpass their previous club record from 2016–17 and ended up with 48 points in the Premier League.

A transfer for Solanke would be seen as a major loss by Bournemouth, since the player led the line and was the team’s top scorer in the Premier League in 2023–2024 with 19 goals, ahead of eight for Antoine Semenyo and seven for Justin Kluivert in second and third place, respectively.

However, his sale would provide them with much needed cash injection which they can spend on new signings in the summer transfer window.

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Chelsea respond to potential transfer target’s £65million release clause

Mark Brus — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:48:46 +0000

Chelsea have reportedly been put off pursuing a transfer deal for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke as his £65million release clause is too expensive.

Solanke had a fine season in the Premier League last term and would surely be a decent option for a number of bigger clubs, with Chelsea undoubtedly in need of more depth up front after an inconsistent campaign from Nicolas Jackson.

Still, it seems Solanke is too expensive for Chelsea, according to The Athletic, and it seems fair to say there will surely be cheaper options than the 26-year-old out there.

Solanke will surely be a player to keep an eye on, however, as one imagines other clubs could end up looking at the England international as an option this summer.

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Solanke had a spell at Chelsea as a youngster but never quite made it into their first-team before leaving to join Liverpool.

Dominic Solanke too expensive for Chelsea

Things didn’t work out for Solanke at Liverpool either, however, and he’s done well to rebuild his career since then, becoming a star performer for Bournemouth and showing everyone what he’s capable of in the Premier League.

According to The Athletic, however, it seems Chelsea’s main targets are Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran and Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise, so it perhaps makes sense that Solanke, with such a high asking price, is not at the top of their list at the moment.

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Tottenham could perhaps do well to take a look at Solanke, though, having apparently had a bid rejected for Ivan Toney (according to Football Transfers), whose asking price at Brentford might end up being similar.

Chelsea could do with adding goals to their side, but Solanke’s time at Stamford Bridge has surely now come and gone, one would imagine, even if we do sometimes see players get a second chance.

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Former Chelsea ace could be set for stunning return to West London

Jason Pettigrove — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:07:35 +0000

Given the way in which Chelsea do business these days, it stands to reason that the West Londoners will be linked with a large number of players available for transfer.

Some rumours will prove to be accurate, others completely wide of the mark, though what seems to be ostensibly true is that the Blues are casting their net far and wide to ensure that the players they bring to the club are best in class for their position.

Nowadays, when owner, Todd Boehly, wants to land a new signing, he’ll ride roughshod over anyone else to get his man.

Being able to tie them down to long contracts allows for a little bit of creative accounting at the club, and potentially goes some way to explaining how the club have been able to afford the vast number of new signings over the past couple of seasons – a fire sale last summer notwithstanding.

Chelsea could sign old boy Dominic Solanke

One player that has long been linked with the club is Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, however, it now appears that Chelsea have cooled their interest thanks to the Partnopei’s insistence in not budging on a £100m+ asking price as well as the player’s dip in form.

Instead, according to HITC, the Blues might well consider a bid for one of their old boys, Dominic Solanke.

Dominic Solanke is being considered by Chelsea

With 21 goals and three assists to his name for Bournemouth last season per WhoScored, the 26-year-old enjoyed the second most prolific season of his career to date.

The outlet also detail a clause in the player’s contract which would allow him to join one of the Premier League’s ‘Big Six,’ meaning that Chelsea, if they were minded to move for the player, might be able to land him for what could be considered a bargain fee in today’s market.

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Arsenal identify 19-goal Premier League striker as Benjamin Sesko alternative

Ahad Shaukat — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:16:37 +0000

Arsenal are reportedly targeting a move for Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke, according to The Express.

Mikel Arteta is determined to add more firepower to his squad after losing the Premier League title to Man City in the last two attempts.

The Gunners have bridged the gap on Man City, from five points in 2022-23 to two points in 2023-24.

However, they have failed to finish the dominance of Pep Guardiola’s Man City in the Premier League and in the summer transfer window, the Gunners are ready to splash the cash again to improve the quality of their squad.

RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko is a potential choice for the striker position, however, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Newcastle United are all interested in signing the Slovenian.

The Gunners could risk missing out on the striker and they have identified an alternative just in case they miss out on the Bundesliga attacker.

At the Emirates Stadium, signing a top-tier striker is a key objective this summer.

In the past, the team decided not to sign a No. 9 in favour of Kai Havertz leading the line in north London.

Dominic Solanke could leave Bournemouth for £65m with Arsenal interested in the striker.

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Solanke will be available to some for £65 million this summer, according to The Athletic.

For the Cherries last season, Solanke registered 19 goals and three assists in his career best season.

Due to his achievements, he has been predicted to sign for a “big six” Premier League team before the next season.

Arsenal target was one of the best strikers last season

Even though Solanke is drawing a lot of attention, Bournemouth will be eager to keep one of their most valuable players.

After Erling Haaland, Cole Palmer, and Alexander Isak, the 26-year-old tied for fourth position in the Premier League scoring standings.

Despite leading the line brilliantly for Andoni Iraola’s team, Solanke was left out of England’s Euro 2024 squad in favour of Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa and Ivan Toney of Brentford.

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‘It wouldn’t surprise me’ – Journalist claims Chelsea could look at £65m striker

Ahad Shaukat — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 06:00:01 +0000

After appointing new manager Enzo Maresca, Chelsea are looking at their options in the transfer window.

The Blues are expected to strengthen their squad in a number of positions after a disappointing campaign under Mauricio Pochettino.

Chelsea finished sixth in the Premier League and despite qualifying for the latter stages of the cup competitions, they failed to win any silverware.

One of the position that needs to be strengthened at Stamford Bridge is the striker position and Chelsea have now been paired with Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke.

The striker enjoyed a successful season in 2023-24 by scoring 19 Premier League goals.

Journalist Dean Jones, while speaking on the Ranks FC Ultras Podcast, has claimed that the Blues could look to sign Solanke.

He said:

“Another striker Dominic Solanke being spoken about in The Athletic. He has a release clause of £65m in his contract and it can only be activated by certain clubs.

“Interesting that is. They say that Solanke is being tracked across this season, but his release clause is limited to a select group of sides and the identity of those teams is undisclosed.

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