July was a busy month for Chelsea on signing Nathan Ake, The Dutch and Chelsea reached a full agreement on personal terms as per Fabrizio Romano on July 8 2022 but was crashed.
Chelsea reportedly made a fresh attempt to sign Nathan Ake from Manchester City after their initial deal fell apart weeks ago when Barçelona hijacked Jules Kounde from then. The Blues moved on to create a heavy interest in the 27 years old Dutch International, and were close to completing a deal, but Manchester City wanted more than Chelsea were willing to give according to The Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano.
With the current event covered from The Athletic, Nathan Ake is said to be happy enough at Manchester City and was not desperate to leave, even if the opportunity to play more at Chelsea Football Club was appealing.