NATHAN Ake insists he is "100 per cent happy" with his decision to leave Chelsea and join Cherries.

The centre-back departed Stamford Bridge to move to Dorset on a permanent basis in June 2017 and has gone on to become one of the key cogs in Eddie Howe's side.

Ake, 24, who netted on international duty with Netherlands this week, is regularly linked with a move away after his stellar form in the past 18 months.

But the centre-back is happy he signed for Cherries. He told Goal: "I am 100 per cent happy with my decision.

"Looking back now I have learned so much and I have played so many Premier League games. I think it was a great decision, yes.

"I can only speak for myself. At the moment I feel like I am still learning. I keep developing and playing.

"I think a lot of the players feel this. We have good players like Callum Wilson and Joshua King here as well.

"Ryan Fraser did really well. We all stayed and we are all playing together."

He added: "We feel like we can achieve good things if we keep working hard. A lot of the talk is just speculation anyway.

"The only thing we can do is work hard and perform for the club.

"This is probably the best squad we have had in the last few years. I think the players we have got, on the bench and injured, we have Junior Stanislas, David Brooks and Andrew Surman still injured. We have so much talent.

"The signings like Philip Billing have come in and helped us so much.

"The manager never stops or stands still. He wants to go higher and make the club grow as a whole."