Nathan Ake set to return to Stamford Bridge with Bournemouth and insists he has ‘nothing to prove’ to Chelsea
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NATHAN AKE returns to Chelsea tonight insisting he has nothing to prove.
The Dutch centre-half will line up for Bournemouth in their Carabao Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge.
It will be his first time back at the Blues since joining the Cherries in a £20million summer deal following a successful season-long loan.
The former Feyenoord youngster made just two top-flight starts in six years at the West Londoners.
He said: “I had a good time there so it will be good to be back.
“But I’m not going there to prove myself or anything like that.
“It’s just a game, a big game for us. We want to go to the semi-final and that’s what I want to think about, not about other things.”
Bournemouth are just one point above the Premier League drop zone after Sunday’s 4-0 home defeat to Liverpool extended their winless run to six matches.
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But Ake, 22, is confident the sour Cherries can turn their season around, starting tonight.
He said: “We’ve done it before — we had bad games last season and, the game after, we turned it around.
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“So I think it’s good we have a game already.
“It will be difficult as Chelsea are not a small club. But to get to the semi-final would be really big for Bournemouth.”