Chelsea to complete £61m move for Alex Sandro making him the most expensive defender ever with Nathan Ake to join Bournemouth for £20m

• Brazil international Alex Sandro is set to join Chelsea from Juventus for £61m
• The fee would eclipse the £50m that Chelsea paid for Fernando Torres in 2011
• It breaks the record for a defender - PSG's £50m signing of David Luiz in 2014
• Nathan Ake was on loan at Bournemouth last season before being recalled

Chelsea are closing in on Alex Sandro for a club record transfer fee of £61million and are preparing to recoup around £20m by selling Nathan Ake to Bournemouth.

Ake impressed on loan at Bournemouth at the start of last season and was recalled on loan in January as cover for Marcos Alonso and Gary Cahill on the left side of Antonio Conte’s defence.

The versatile Dutch international defender performed brilliantly when he deputised for Cahill in the FA Cup semi-final but found his chances were limited at Chelsea during the latter part of the season.

At 22, he is determined to find regular football and talks have opened over a move back to Bournemouth.

Chelsea are reluctant to sell a player they believe will mature into a fine Premier League defender and will demand a buy-back option in the details of any deal.

Southampton had also shown interest in Ake as a potential replacement for Virgil van Dijk.