By The Blues appear to have beaten out three other clubs for Jackson, with RB Leipzig also showing interest in activating his release clause at Villarreal, according to Fabrizio Romano, writing in his exclusive CaughtOffside blog.
Although Jackson’s transfer appears to be imminent as the last terms of his transfer cost are now being discussed, Chelsea is now in the lead.
The Bundesliga club has a very strong track record in recent years of identifying and nurturing top young talent who later go on to bigger things. Fans will undoubtedly be happy to see the West London giants beat Leipzig to the signing of the Senegal international.
“Chelsea is now discussing the final details of how to pay the Nicolas Jackson transfer fee, possibly getting it done in instalments rather than paying the full fee straight away. Chelsea is negotiating to do it in two or three instalments, but the player has been very keen – he wants to join Chelsea,” Romano said.
“The hope is that Chelsea can get this deal finalized before the end of June, but the timing is still not entirely clear on things like signing the contract and having a medical.
Still, it looks imminent, as Chelsea have been fast to beat three other clubs to this deal – I can reveal that RB Leipzig is one of the other teams who were prepared to trigger Jackson’s release clause, but Chelsea were quicker and are in pole position.”
Chelsea, who struggled to score last year, is hoping that Jackson can give them more of a danger up front and help them move up the standings under new manager Mauricio Pochettino.
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