Unsettled Huddersfield midfielder could be Cherries next signing

The Cherries may have locked on to their target at Huddersfield, but fun and games look to be going on at the Yorkshire club. At least AFCB's target has been told to train with the academy players and Huddersfield Town have put a price-tag of £17m on their midfielder Philip Billing, according to a report in the Daily Mail.

Philip Billing, centre picture.

We looked at Philip Billing as a potential target at the start of July. The player has played against the Cherries in the Premier League and is a tall central midfielder who is only 23. Huddersfield Town Manager Jan Siewert put Billing with the academy players and did not award him a shirt number for the new season, after Billing apparently called him 'arrogant' and 'strange', says the Daily Mail.

Whether Billing had requested to speak with AFCB is not clear, but it is unlikely that Huddersfield will be impressed with the dispute between manager and player. If the Terriers want shot of Billing he could very soon be an AFCB player. Whether the price of £17m is supposed to frighten off AFCB is questionable, because the Cherries have not spent big this summer and have built up a sizeable pot if they wanted to use it from player sales.

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The central midfield area has looked like it needs investment when Lerma is not available. Bournemouth might hope that Lewis Cook becomes the main challenger for the spot next to Lerma, but it won't help to bring in another young player in AFCB's engine room. If AFCB can up their intensity in the middle of the pitch it will take a bit of pressure off the defence and give the likes of Brooks, Wilson and Fraser more of the ball. This would be a signing that would look like AFCB are building for the future and that's got to be the case with Andrew Surman easing down his appearances you'd expect next season.