Bournemouth transfer news: Cherries 'identify' two Alex Scott replacements

Bournemouth person reportedly identified AZ Alkmaar’s Kees Smit and Lazio’s Kenneth Taylor arsenic imaginable replacements for Alex Scott up of the wintertime transportation window.

Scott has made 95 appearances since joining the Cherries from Bristol City, establishing himself arsenic 1 of the brightest midfielders successful the Premier League.

As a effect of his performances for Bournemouth, Scott was included successful England’s pre-World Cup grooming campy earlier helium made his elder debut successful past month’s Nations League clash against the Czech Republic.

Thomas Tuchel past handed Scott his archetypal England commencement successful the emphatic 7-0 triumph implicit Croatia, though helium suffered a hamstring wounded which has kept him retired of enactment since the planetary window.

Despite being connected the sidelines, Scott has been the taxable of important transportation speculation, with Chelsea showing steadfast interest successful the 23-year-old up of the January market.

Bournemouth place Smit, Taylor arsenic imaginable Scott replacements

Liverpool person besides been linked with a midfielder who has a declaration with the Cherries until the summertime of 2028.

Ideally, Bournemouth privation to clasp Scott’s services until astatine slightest the extremity of the season, but they look to beryllium drafting up contingency plans successful the lawsuit of a January departure.

According to TEAMtalk, the Cherries person identified AZ’s Smit and Lazio’s Taylor arsenic 2 imaginable candidates to regenerate Scott.

The Dutch duo has ‘impressed’ Bournemouth’s recruitment team, which is led by the club’s president of shot operations, Tiago Pinto. 

Bournemouth person been keeping a adjacent oculus connected Smit’s progress, and determination is simply a existent content that a woody tin beryllium done to prise him distant from AZ. 

Who are Bournemouth's 2 transportation targets?

As a merchandise of AZ’s academy, Smit has made 84 competitory appearances for the elder side, contributing 7 goals and 14 assists. 

Smit, who is presently sidelined with a groin injury, has caught the attraction of several Premier League clubs successful summation to Bournemouth, including the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. 

Taylor, meanwhile, is inactive successful his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic a Lazio subordinate aft joining the Italian nine from Ajax successful the January window. 

The 24-year-old has registered 5 goals and 4 assists successful 31 competitory appearances, including 4 extremity contributions successful 9 Serie A games this term.

With Lazio sitting successful 2nd spot successful Serie A, determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate uncertainty arsenic to whether Taylor would beryllium consenting to springiness up a imaginable rubric race, particularly arsenic helium is nether declaration until the summertime of 2030.