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  • Jackson set for Bayern loan & Nkunku joins Milan

    Jackson set for Bayern loan & Nkunku joins Milan

    Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson is set to join Bayern Munich on loan with an option to buy, while Christopher Nkunku has completed a £36m move to AC Milan.

    France forward Nkunku, 27, has signed a five-year contract with the Serie A side to end his two-year stay at Stamford Bridge.

    The Blues, meanwhile, will receive an initial loan fee of £13m (15m euros) for fellow attacker Jackson, while Bayern have a £56.2m (65m euro) purchase option for the Senegal international.

    Jackson, 24, has already agreed a pre-contract with Bayern and has been given permission to travel to Germany to complete the move, while a sell-on clause has been included in the deal.

    The sale of Nkunku, coupled with Jackson’s impending departure, will further boost Chelsea’s financial position.

    Read Also: Chelsea set £100m price tag on Jackson

    The Blues have raised about £309m this summer from player sales, once add-ons are included, having spent about £277m on new signings.

    Sales are important to Chelsea this summer because of Uefa sanctions – which included a fine of 31m euros (£26.7m)- to maintain a “positive transfer balance” in this window to register new signings for the Champions League.

    Nkunku scored 18 goals and provided five assists in 62 matches for the Blues, having joined from RB Leipzig for about £52m in 2023.

    He played a significant role in Chelsea winning the Club World Cup and Conference League last season.

    BBC

  • EPL: Jackson goal sends Chelsea back into Champions League places

    EPL: Jackson goal sends Chelsea back into Champions League places

    Chelsea edged back into the Champions League places with a one-goal victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge.

    The win moves the Blues up to fourth in the Premier League, level on points with Nottingham Forest and a point ahead of Newcastle, who play Ipswich later on Saturday.

    With Forest and Aston Villa in FA Cup semi-final action this weekend, Chelsea will hold on to a top-five spot at least until Thursday, when Forest host Brentford.

    The crucial three points were sealed by striker Nicolas Jackson, who ended a 13-match goalless run stretching back to December.

    Read Also: EPL: Jackson, Fernandez down Leicester in dominant display

    He drilled an instinctive 20-yard effort beyond Jordan Pickford and into the bottom corner in the 27th minute.

    Despite being the better side, Chelsea were unable to kill the game off and, given the tight nature of the race for Champions League football and the Blues’ difficult league fixtures before the end of the season, there were uncomfortable moments when Everton improved in the final quarter.

    But the hosts’ keeper Robert Sanchez saved well from both Beto and Dwight McNeil low to his right when needed.

    Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea now play leaders Liverpool at Stamford Bridge next Sunday, then visit fellow Champions League chasers Newcastle, before hosting Manchester United, and travelling to Forest on the final day.

    Everton have only won one of their past nine matches and remain 13th.

    BBC

  • EPL: Jackson, Fernandez down Leicester in dominant display

    EPL: Jackson, Fernandez down Leicester in dominant display

    Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez goals secured a dominant away victory for Chelsea at Leicester.

    Jackson, 23, scored his fifth goal in four consecutive away games as he outbattled defender Wout Faes to win a long punt up field, which he finished well after Fernandez played him into position in the 15th minute.

    Fernandez then headed in from close range on the rebound, after goalkeeper Mads Hermansen saved Jackson’s initial effort, to seal the win.

    Jordan Ayew dispatched a late penalty for Leicester in the 95th minute after Romeo Lavia fouled Bobby de Cordova-Reid in the box.

    The Blues were dominant on a cold, wet afternoon at the King Power stadium, with over 66% possession throughout the 90 minutes.

    It was a torrid return to Premier League football for Leicester, who lost star midfielder Harry Winks through an ankle injury in the 11th minute.

    Read Also: EPL: Jackson double helps Chelsea brush aside West Ham

    They didn’t muster a shot on goal until the 39th minute, when Kasey McAteer almost found the bottom corner on the break, then Wilfred Ndidi missed a great chance just before half-time.

    But Chelsea were commanding. Noni Madueke had a goal ruled out for offside and squandered chances through Moises Caicedo and Joao Felix, who earned his first Premier League start since his last spell with the club in May 2023.

    Cole Palmer also saw a close range shot cleared off the line by his own man Madueke in unfortunate circumstances shortly after half-time.

    Chelsea move up to third in the Premier League table on 22 points before the rest of the weekend’s games, with Leicester remaining 16th on 10 points.

    BBC