Both Mings and Kelly are tall, left-footed defenders able to play both at left-back and centre-back.
Aston Villa loanee Tyrone Mings has been sensational for the West Midlands side and many of the club’s fans are eager for him to join the club permanently.
With Bournemouth currently holding his signature, much rests on whether manager Eddie Howe sees the towering defender as having a future at the club or renders him surplus to requirements.
On Saturday, the Cherries made a signing which a number of their supporters think could spell the end of Mings’s time at the Vitality Stadium – which could mean very good news for Villa fans.
Bristol City left-back Lloyd Kelly – who is also comfortable in the centre of defence – has joined Bournemouth on a long-term contract for a fee which Sky Sports News speculates as being in the region of £13million.
Both Kelly and Mings are tall, left-footed defenders who can play on the left or the middle of the back line – so if Bournemouth are bringing the former in, would that mean that the latter has no future there – thus green-lighting his move to the Championship playoff finalists?
Here is what some fans are saying about the south coast club’s signing of the 20-year-old:
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