Chelsea has to unload Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nunku before adding new attackers to the Enzo Maresca team
Chelsea star Christopher Nunku gives priority to moving to Bayern Munich over a reunion with RB Leipzig. Both German clubs go out the Frenchman, who want to shift the blues, but Chelsea is currently blocking all loan approaches.
Bayern Chief Max Eberl has already made it clear that the Bundesliga champions only want to sign an attacker this summer. In the meantime, Leipzig, who sold Nunku to Chelsea in 2023 for £ 52 million, has twice the advances of loans have been reduced by the world champions.
Inter Milan also keeps an eye on the attacker, but unless the side of Enzo Maresca changes their demands, the output of Nunku Complex remains. Chelsea has already agreed personal conditions with Leipzig Star Xavi Simons, but they still have to offer because they want to erase the decks before they add more players to their bloated team.
Until now, the prospect that Nunku is included in a deal for Simons is excluded. Leipzig also wants Liverpool star Harvey Elliott Simons to replace, but the Reds are reluctant to continue to weaken the ranks of Arne Slot without securing further attacking reinforcements.
Simons, who was recently the subject of a Tottenham study, started on Friday with 6-0 defeat from Leipzig to Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga opener. The sports director of the club, Marcel Schafer, insists that his side of Simons to Stamford Bridge does not stop.
He said on Friday evening: “We are known to enable players to take the next step. He has expressed his wish to take the next step. In principle, we are open and will not block players. But only if all parameters are suitable for all involved. And that has not been the case so far.
“If we notice that things are going in a certain direction, then we are willing to extract one or two players. That has really not been the case so far and that is why he is [Xavi] played today. “
In the meantime, Chelsea is in a similar uncomfortable position that concerns the future of Nicolas Jackson. They prefer a permanent sale, but so far clubs seemed to be only interested in a loan because the Senegal International is appreciated by the blues at around £ 60 million.
Bayern Chief Eberl claims that the Germans are not pursuing a movement, but super-agent Ali Barat has conducted a dialogue with Bayern. Aston Villa and Newcastle stay in the race and there has been contact from the Italian lace Juventus and Napoli, whose current Focus Rasmus Hojlund is located through intermediaries.
Chelsea does not want to borrow and if they did, this should include a permanent transfer clause. Jackson was again omitted from the Blues team on Friday for their 5-1 demolition of West Ham.