Bournemouth, Forest 'register interest' in £17.2m-rated World Cup defender

Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest are reportedly funny successful signing Eintracht Frankfurt defender Arthur Theate. 

The centre-back has made 75 appearances for Frankfurt since joining the nine connected an archetypal indebtedness woody successful the summertime of 2024.

Theate aboriginal made the determination permanent, signing a declaration with the Bundesliga nine until June 2029. 

However, determination is superior uncertainty arsenic to whether Theate volition inactive beryllium a Frankfurt subordinate erstwhile the caller play starts successful August, with the defender said to beryllium a people for astatine slightest 2 Premier League clubs. 

Bournemouth, Forest eyeing Theate move

According to Bild, Bournemouth and Forest person some registered their involvement successful the Belgian international. 

The study states that the 2 Premier League clubs are presently successful interaction with the player's representatives arsenic they measurement up a imaginable move. 

The defender has stated that helium is "ready for that level" erstwhile asked astir a imaginable determination to the Premier League astatine Belgium's World Cup grooming camp. 

As for Frankfurt, they are believed to beryllium unfastened to selling Theate, taking into relationship that the defender struggled to reproduce the level of performances from the 2024-25 run successful the astir caller season. 

The German broadside volition request astatine least €20m (£17.2m) to authorisation Theate's merchantability successful the existent transportation window. 

Why are Bournemouth and Forest keen connected Theate?

Bournemouth are successful request of cardinal antiaircraft reinforcements pursuing Marco Senesi's departure arsenic a escaped agent. 

Theate would besides bring invaluable European acquisition to the squad arsenic caller caput manager Marco Rose prepares to pb the Cherries into their archetypal play successful UEFA competition.

Meanwhile, Forest are aiming to marque improvements to their squad to debar a repetition of a hard 2025-26 run that saw them conflict against the menace of relegation.

However, they whitethorn request to beryllium astatine slightest 1 outing earlier Forest tin prosecute a woody for Theate, with Vitor Pereira capable to telephone upon Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, Jair Cunha, Morato and Zach Abbott arsenic his cardinal antiaircraft options. 

Theate should get the accidental to impressment his imaginable suitors successful Belgium's last World Cup radical game against New Zealand.

The 26-year-old is expected to regenerate Nathan Ngoy, who is suspended aft being sent disconnected successful the goalless gully against Iran.