Chelsea will make a move to re-sign Nathan Ake if Frank Lampard decides he needs a replacement for David Luiz once the club’s transfer ban ends.

And the Blues can sign Ake for around £40million, which is £35m less than Bournemouth were quoting for the Holland international at the end of this summer’s transfer window.

Luiz completed an £8m transfer deadline day move to Arsenal, leaving head coach Lampard with four central defenders to choose from this season.

One of those, Fikayo Tomori, had been due to go out on loan but will now be part of Lampard’s senior squad and is in line to earn a new contract.

Kurt Zouma and Andreas Christensen will start the season as Lampard’s defensive partnership against Manchester United on Sunday, with Antonio Rudiger working his way back to fitness.

Lampard will spend at least the first half of the season assessing his options and deciding whether or not Luiz needs to be replaced.