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Dominic Solanke reacts to ongoing Arsenal and Chelsea switch gossip

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Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke insists that switch hypothesis linking him with Arsenal and Chelsea is simply “a part of soccer”.

Solanke loved a profitable 2023/24 season on the south coast, registering 21 objectives in 42 appearances for Andoni Iraola’s aspect. His success noticed Bournemouth attain 48 factors within the Premier League – two greater than their earlier membership file set in 2016/17.

The 26-year-old’s goalscoring has unsurprisingly attracted the eye of others, with each Arsenal and Chelsea rumoured to have an interest forward of the summer time switch window. Certainly, every London membership is in want of a brand new ‘quantity 9’ forward of subsequent season. Nonetheless, he appears loads pleased with how issues are at at Bournemouth, not expressing any need to maneuver.

“Whenever you do properly, there’s at all times going to be that hypothesis. Hypothesis, it is a part of soccer actually. However, I am glad right here and I’ve had an important season right here,” Solanke instructed the Day by day Echo.

Solanke has found his groove at Bournemouth

Solanke has discovered his groove at Bournemouth / ADRIAN DENNIS/GettyImages

Current reviews have revealed that Solanke’s present contract comprises a launch clause value £65m, a determine which will show too excessive for golf equipment.

Bournemouth would view a transfer for Solanke as an enormous loss, with the participant comfortably main the road because the membership’s high scorer in 2023/24 – 19 Premier League objectives, in comparison with eight Antoine Semenyo and 7 for Justin Kluivert in second and third respectively.

The ahead, regardless of his success in entrance of aim, didn’t get a spot in England’s Euro 2024 squad, with Brentford’s Ivan Toney and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins most popular as attacking choices. Solanke has only one senior cap for his nation, taking part in in a pleasant towards Brazil again in 2017.

Solanke made the transfer to Bournemouth in January 2019 after an unsuccessful spell at Liverpool. His had began his profession at Chelsea, the place he was a part of the academy at Cobham, an origin story just like that of Mason Mount, Reece James, Declan Rice, Conor Gallagher and Marc Guehi.

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