Bournemouth moved to Wolves for Alex Scott, offering £25m for the Bristol City midfielder.

Alex Scott received praise from Pep Guardiola and Jack Grealish after his FA Cup performance against Manchester City in February. Credit: Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

Bournemouth are in preliminary talks with Bristol City over a £25m deal for Alex Scott, further upsetting Wolves head coach Julen Lopetegui.

It is believed that Scott is closing in on a move to Bournemouth and the two clubs are closing in on a deal to move the midfielder to the Premier League.

Championship club Bristol City turned down two offers from Wolves this summer and settled on them. stick to their stance that the fee is £25 million.

Bournemouth are now moving towards finalizing the deal and Lopetegui is set to miss out on his No. 1 transfer target as Wolves struggle to comply with financial rules.

19-year-old Scott is known as 'Guernsey Grealish'. he has two years left on his contract with his current club, managed by Nigel Pearson.

He earned praise from Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and striker Jack Grealish for £100m following an FA Cup match between the two clubs . clubs in February of this year.

Earlier this week, Pearson insisted that a club evaluation should be done if the teenager left.

He said, “I don't know how many offers there were, as far as I know. concerned that we as a football club have made our position clear and that someone will get a chance to talk to him, we are talking about £25m.

«We don't want to sell him, so we are evaluating him the way we are, and in fact, having seen him since the start of pre-season, we should be asking £30m for him, not to mention £25m. .

“The bottom line is we as a club said he was going to cost £25m as a starting point and if anything happens when he goes for less I won’t be very happy, I can tell you that. now.”

Bournemouth have been very active this summer window and have already signed Ivorian midfielders Hamed Traore, Milos Kerkes, Justin Kluivert, Romain Favre and Ionut Radu.

Southampton let go of Kaleta-Kar< p>Croatia centre-back Dukhe Kaleta-Kar will undergo treatment at Lyon on Wednesday after Southampton agreed his return to French football.

26-year-old Kaleta-Kar was among the players who are likely to leave. St. Mary's this summer after relegation from the Premier League, where Mohammed Salisou, Mislav Orsic and Ibrahima Diallo also leave.

Lyon know Caleta-Kar from his four years at Marseille before he moved to England. They agreed a €5m (£4.29m) deal to have him play under Laurent Blanc next season.

Before his first appearance in Ligue 1, he played at Red Bull Salzburg, where he earned a place in the Croatian national team that reached the final of the World Cup in 2018. In Marseille, West Ham showed interest in him. Liverpool also approached Marseille in the January 2021 window, but the French club did not have time to find a replacement.

Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse was the target of a call from West last week Ham”, but not between the clubs signed an agreement.