Bournemouth intend to resist offers in January for their most valuable players, including Chelsea target Alex Scott, as they attempt European qualification for consecutive seasons.

Scott, who has returned from a thigh injury, is high on Chelsea’s list of potential midfielders and has admirers at other Premier League clubs, as has Eli Junior Kroupi who is now in the senior France squad.

But it is understood that Bournemouth are determined to keep Marco Rose’s squad together for the entire campaign and deal a blow to rivals looking at their players as potential mid-season signings.

Rose has overseen eight victories in a row as Bournemouth have climbed the Premier League table after a slow start to the season. They are in seventh place heading into the international break, with a run of winnable games when the club season resumes towards the Christmas fixtures.

The club have also been competing in the Europa League, adding to the importance of players staying at the Vitality Stadium in January.

While Chelsea were interested in Scott in the summer and were thought to have bid more than £60m, his value is now likely to be higher as he has broken through into the England squad, where he picked up his injury during an eye-catching performance against Croatia.

Kroupi has been on the radar of Premier League clubs after his breakthrough campaign last season, while other players whose value has risen on the south coast includes Brazil winger Rayan and ex-Middlesbrough midfielder Marcus Tavernier, who is attractive to clubs as he can play in several positions.

Bournemouth have sold the likes of Antoine Semenyo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez in recent seasons and have made huge profits, and that production line of talent is continuing with the club now in Europe for the first time.

Portugal centre-back Antonio Silva, a £26m summer signing from Benfica, is the latest arrival expected to increase in value, although the club will wait until the end of the campaign before looking at deals for any of their players.