Chelsea is said to be willing to sell Nicolas Jackson this summer and could replace him with Paris Saint-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani, who impressed Juventus at Juventus last season
Chelsea reportedly opened conversations with Paris Saint-Germain about Randal Kolo Muani after it appeared that Nicolas Jackson could leave the club this summer. PSG spent £ 76 million to sign Kolo Muani from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2023, but he has struggled for regular playing time.
The 26-year-old has only made 23 starts for PSG in all competitions and was sent on loan to Juventus in the January transfer window, where he yielded eight goals in 16 Series A performances.
Juventus wants to keep Kolo Muani and he stayed with them for the club World Cup, which gave him a brace on Thursday in their 5-0 win over Al-Inain, but L'Equipe now reports that Chelsea has taken on 'negotiations' for the attacker.
Chelsea has already signed one striker this summer and has spent £ 30 million to bring in Liam Delap from Ipswich and would like to continue adding another goal scorer. News about their interest in Kolo Muani comes after reports from Italy claimed that the blues are considering selling Jackson.
The striker has sometimes frustrated Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge during his two years and it has been claimed that the blues no longer consider him 'inviolable'. According to Gianlucadimarzio, both Juventus and Napoli are interested in Jackson.
In his last four performances for Chelsea, Jackson was sent against Newcastle, scored in the final of the Europa Conference League, Pedro Neto at the Club World Cup and was sent to Flamengo.
Jackson was shown a straight red card for a bad challenge on Flamengo's Lucas only four minutes after he was introduced by Enzo Maresca. And former Chelsea -midfielder John Obi Mikel, Jackson went into the incident while working as an expert for Dazn.
“Unbelievable. Stupid, stupid, stupid mistake,” Mikel smoked. “I don't know what's going through his head. Your team needs you and he does that! He did that at Newcastle in an important game.
“He has a red card. And now he has done this again. You can't continue to make these kinds of mistakes. I don't care what his frustration is. This is a huge football club and it is about competition. If you are angry or p **** d off, then you have to embrace it.
“We need competition. Jackson must have a word with himself, where do you want to go with your Chelsea career?”