The future of Nicolas Jackson in Chelsea remains unclear after the blues Joao Pedro and Liam Delap have signed, who seems to have pushed the Senegal star by the pecking order at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea demands an eye-watery £ 100 million for Nicolas Jackson amidst rumors that the Senegal International Stamford Bridge could leave this summer.
Jackson arrived from Villarreal for around £ 32 million in 2023, but has divided supporters after a few mixed displays for the goal for Chelsea.
Despite the criticism of him, he still managed to score 17 goals in his first season and 13 goals in the last campaign for a total of 30 strikes in 81 games.
But the arrivals of Liam Delap from Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton have led to doubts about whether Jackson will hold his place in the team.
According to the Daily Mail, Jackson is on the six-member players of AC Milan of players, with the Serie A side “confident” that they can break him this summer.
Jackson now fears that he has “lost the confidence of manager Enzo Maresca”, who was mentioned on the couch for their 2-0 Club World Cup semi-final victory over Fluminense while the new signing Joao Pedro yielded a brace.
The report further says that the blues in “No Rush” are to discharge Jackson, and have made a huge price tag of £ 100 million – despite his lack of goals since the beginning of the year.
Jackson has only won four strikes since January and was sent away for Chelsea in two of his last six games.
AC Milan is looking for extra firepower at the front after Tammy Abraham returned to Roma after his season loan, while Luka Jovic was released.
The mail report adds that they are encouraged that Jackson could be tempted, but they can be deterred the huge asking price of Chelsea.
After he was omitted from the semi-final to Fluminense-after his red card against Flamengo earlier in the tournament, former Chelsea star John Obi Mikel said: “I think that is sending a huge message to Jackson.”
Mikel was previously critical about the attacker about his resignation against flamengo and hit him about the “stupid, stupid, stupid mistake”.
“I don't know what's going through his head. You come into play, you are 2-1 at that time. Your team needs you. And he does that. “