Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea. Standard Sport understands the total package — which includes performance-related add-ons — will be worth £65million.
Watkins departure triggers move
Villa acted on their interest in Jackson after it became clear Ollie Watkins was angling to leave the club. He is expected to leave Villa for Al Hilal.
Jackson's Chelsea exit
Chelsea decided to consider selling Jackson this summer after he returned from a season-long loan at Bayern Munich, which would have become permanent if he had started more Bundesliga games. The Senegal striker is not in Xabi Alonso’s plans.
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