According to Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg, Aston Villa is negotiating to sign a contract with striker Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea.
Aston Villa is looking to upgrade Unai Emery's attack in the summer of 2025, after the team broke up with the duo Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio on loan. Ollie Watkins can still be sold before the 2025 transfer window, so this team needs a new striker.
According to Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg, Aston Villa wants to bring one or two strikers to the club, they added Nicolas Jackson to the target list and negotiated with Chelsea for an agreement. Chelsea wanted to sell the Senegal striker after signing a contract with Joao Pedro and Liam Delap, but the Villa Park team will only recruit him for a reasonable fee.
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Jackson had an encouraging first season at Stamford Bridge, scoring 17 goals in all competitions after moving from Villarreal for £ 32 million. However, the 24 -year -old has decided last season, he even received 2 red cards in the last 6 matches for Chelsea.
Speaking in the period before the season, Jackson denied concerns about his future after the appearance of Pedro and Delap, but recent sources said Jackson is currently looking to leave Stamford Bridge to get more playful.
Jackson was eliminated by Enzo Maresca from the squad in the opening match of Chelsea against Crystal Palace. The Blues need money to recruit Xavi Simons and Alejandro Garnacho, so they accepted the price of this striker from £ 80 million to £ 65 million.