Bournemouth have made a dramatic late £18million bid for Chelsea defender Nathan Ake .

Ake is well though of at Stamford Bridge and was brought back to the club this month by boss Antonio Conte who saw him as a future first-team regular.

Conte has spoken in glowing terms about the 21-year-old’s potential and versatility, playing on the left side of defence or midfield.

However, he was left out of the squad for the clash against Liverpool, despite travelling to Merseyside on Monday night.

But any sale of Asmir Begovic was finally laid to rest when the keeper was named on the bench at Anfield.

Chelsea's team tonight: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Willian, Diego Costa, Hazard; subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Pedro, Batshuayi