{"id":615112,"date":"2022-07-21T03:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615112"},"modified":"2022-07-21T04:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:01:48","slug":"bournemouth-centre-back-transfer-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/21\/bournemouth-centre-back-transfer-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League Club Assessing Move for English Manchester United Centre-Back and Tottenham Youngster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bournemouth<\/a> are monitoring the situation of Manchester United<\/a> centre-back Axel Tuanzebe and Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> defender Japhet Tanganga, according to The Athletic<\/a>. The Cherries are also not ruling out a potential reunion with Liverpool<\/a> man Nathaniel Phillips.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth Desperate to Sign New Centre-Back to Fix Defensive Woes<\/h2>\n

One Time-Manchester United Captain Tuanzebe and Tottenham’s Tanganga Being Monitored<\/h3>\n

Bournemouth are currently in a precarious position defensively ahead of the start of the Premier League season. Scott Parker only has three natural centre-back options to choose from, Chris Mepham, captain Lloyd Kelly and James Hill. The Cherries are well aware that is not good enough if they are to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n

They are currently assessing both Tuanzebe as well as Tanganga, who are available for transfer after falling down the pecking order at their respective clubs. The newly-promoted side are also aware that both young centre-backs are attracting interest from other clubs.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: AC Milan Interested in Move for Japhet Tanganga<\/a><\/p>\n

AC Milan are reportedly interested<\/a> in signing the Spurs man while Tuanzebe, who became one of the youngest players ever to captain a United side in 2019, is a target for Turkish side Trabzonspor.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth Also Considering Reunion With Nathaniel Phillips<\/h3>\n

Another centre-back who is on Parker’s potential transfer list is Liverpool centre-back Phillips. He was instrumental in helping the Cherries get promoted to the Premier League last season, enjoying a successful five-month loan spell after joining them in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Phillips considerably strengthened their backline last season, helping keep eight clean sheets in 17 appearances and ensuring that Bournemouth secured automatic promotion to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Manchester United Complete Paperwork for Lisandro Martinez Signing<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Liverpool are in no mood to offer them in any discount for a transfer, nor are they willing to loan him that easily. The Reds recently sold Neco Williams to Nottingham Forest for \u00a318 million and could demand something similar to let their centre-back leave.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth\u2019s Summer Transfers So Far<\/h3>\n

The newly-promoted Premier League side have not spent any money on transfers so far in the summer window. They have signed former West Ham United right-back Ryan Fredericks<\/a> and former Blackburn Rovers midfielder Joe Rothwell<\/a> as free agents to strengthen Parker’s squad.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

However, signing a centre-back is the need of the hour because of the lack of available options. With a few weeks remaining before they start their league season against Aston Villa, Bournemouth remains keen on signing a new centre-back as they keep assessing the available options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bournemouth are monitoring the situation of Manchester United centre-back Axel Tuanzebe and Tottenham Hotspur defender Japhet Tanganga, according to The Athletic. The Cherries are also not ruling out a potential reunion with Liverpool man Nathaniel Phillips. Bournemouth Desperate to Sign New Centre-Back to Fix Defensive Woes One Time-Manchester United Captain Tuanzebe and Tottenham’s Tanganga Being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":615126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,7188],"tags":[3947,9330,4886,7298,7380,6549,7466],"class_list":["post-615112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bournemouth","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-axel-tuanzebe","tag-bournemouth-transfer-rumours","tag-japhet-tanganga","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-nat-phillips","tag-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}