Can Nathan Aké upset his previous employers?

It has been six months since Nathan Aké has joined Bournemouth permanently from Chelsea. His presence in this Bournemouth team has been immense and he can return to Stamford Bridge knowing that he has done extremely well since he left, but can he leave his mark in a game against his old employers?

Can Nathan Ake return to Stamford Bridge to upset his former employers?

I don't see why not. Nathan Aké was a big scorer in his first period on loan with the Cherries and while he has scored this season he has not been able to get forward with quite as much success. But he is very good in the air and he might fancy his chance against a few in the Chelsea side who are not the biggest.

It's in defence though that Nathan has really been effective for AFCB. He is often the last man at the back but does not get flustered when teams are breaking on him. He also has a good acceleration of pace that gets him out of trouble at times. He is like a smaller Ruud Gullit running about with his dreadlocks and I do hope he has his hair done in that dreadlock style as a reminder of another great Dutch player. Comparisons have been made before and you can read about more about the younger years of Nathan on this Daily Mail post.

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Hs decision to leave Chelsea was a brave one in many respects. Chelsea still are the Premier League Champions and he will have known that while Bournemouth are a young club in the division they were not about to challenge for the title or even the top six. He has the drive though that I see in a lot of Bournemouth players who want to improve and coming back to Chelsea he may just be hyped up a bit more than any other game. I'd like to see him have a great game just so that he can get the admiration from the Chelsea fans as much as from the Bournemouth supporters.