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Leicester City priced out of Ake pursuit, will not sign Tarkowski either
Well, this has come a full circle, hasn't it? Leicester City's antics and insistence on Manchester United breaking the bank in order to sign Harry Maguire has now landed them in trouble. Leicester had enquired about the availability of Nathan Ake and were told that the Dutchman would cost them £75 million, forcing the Foxes to cool their interest in the player.
Ake is two years junior to Maguire. He has appeared a total of 10 times for the Netherlands side and has three years left on his contract. As a result, Bournemouth will not sell him for anything less than £75 million.
More than anything, Leicester do not have the funds to pursue a move for Ake as Hull had a sell-on clause on Maguire's contract when they sold him two years back and stand to earn upto £9.45 million from the sale.
Meanwhile, Leicester were planning on turning to James Tarkowski as their 'Plan B'. However, the Burnley defender will cost in excess of the £40 million the Foxes paid to sign Youri Tielemans and as such, they are being forced to look abroad for cheaper options.
The report goes on to claim that Leicester City could very well end up not signing a replacement for Maguire.
