Senegalese international Nicolas Jackson (1 selection) leaves Villarreal and joins Chelsea, against a check estimated at 37 million euros. The Blues made the news official on Friday. Contract covering … eight years for this 22-year-old striker, who comes out of a season with 13 goals in 38 matches in all competitions.
“We are delighted to welcome Nicolas to Chelsea. He is a player with great potential, as he showed last season with Villarreal. We believe he is ready to take the next step in his career and we look forward to seeing him work with our new coach Mauricio Pochettino and his team-mates,” commented the club’s co-sporting directors, Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley, cited in the press release.
Jackson reinforces Chelsea’s already well-supplied attacking sector, which has already registered the arrival of Frenchman Christopher Nkunku. Kai Havertz has packed his bags to join Arsenal.