Nicolas Jackson to Arsenal transfer bombshell emerges as £55m Chelsea striker deal agreed

Arsenal could reportedly marque a daze determination for Chelsea guardant Nicolas Jackson if they are incapable to motion Viktor Gyokeres oregon Benjamin Sesko, it has been claimed.

The Gunners, who finished 2nd successful the Premier League past term, are successful the hunt for a guardant this summertime and have been linked with moves for Gyokeres, Sesko, Ollie Watkins and Alexander Isak.

However, The Times' Duncan Castles has present claimed that the North Londoners are keeping tabs connected Jackson, who joined Chelsea from Villarreal 2 years ago.

Since arriving successful West London, the 24-year-old has scored 30 goals successful 80 appearances for the Blues. However, that hasn't stopped the Conference League winners from adding a wealthiness of attackers, astir precocious Liam Delap, to their ranks.

A £60m determination for Brighton & Hove Albion striker Joao Pedro has present besides been agreed, and the Brazilian could beryllium added to his caller club's Club World Cup squad arsenic agelong arsenic helium is registered by July 3.

His accomplishment could yet pb to the Blues deciding to offload 1 of their existent harvest of forwards, with Jackson's relation astatine Stamford Bridge by nary means certain.

Now, Castles has revealed that Jackson could look arsenic a imaginable alternate for the Gunners if they are incapable to onshore 1 of their first-choice targets.

Assessing Arsenal's pursuit of a striker connected The Transfers Podcast, Castles said: "Mikel Arteta past play wanted to enactment with a choky squad, a tiny squad, due to the fact that helium thought that would springiness him the optimum accidental of winning, the Premier League, it proved to beryllium wrong, a full big of injuries and besides suspension issues.

"He’s changed his stance and wants a large squad and they’re going astir it successful each kinds of areas.

"Viktor Gyokeres has fundamentally told Sporting he’s not going to play oregon bid for them again unless they fto him spell astatine the terms of €60 cardinal positive €10m successful bonuses that was agreed astatine the extremity of past season’s transportation window, large combat with the president there.

"He is 1 of 4 candidates to beryllium the caller striker astatine Arsenal.

"Benjamin Sesko has been a cardinal fig successful their database of targets. One of the issues is Sesko has been asking for a merchandise clause to beryllium added to a declaration that helium would motion with Arsenal, which is thing that Arsenal are not keen connected for evident reasons.

"Ollie Watkins… Arsenal explored signing him successful January, Aston Villa said, ‘No, you volition not beryllium taking our cardinal guardant astatine that point. ’ But Watkins, I’m told, would beryllium unfastened to a determination to Arsenal.

"Whether that volition emerge, you’d similar to play for proceed playing for nine successful the Champions League but play for a nine with the anticipation of winning the Premier League title, if Arsenal were to connection Aston Villa a sum that would beryllium acceptable to them.

"And past there’s 1 much sanction that I’ve go alert of this week, which whitethorn travel arsenic a surprise, which is Nicholas Jackson, the striker who’s had an absorbing clip successful his 2 years astatine Chelsea."

Castles added: "Chelsea person ever been looking for either adding determination other successful that presumption oregon replacing him totally.

"Chelsea accidental they’re not actively looking to merchantability Jackson successful this model but he’s not 1 of the ‘untouchable’ figures wrong the squad, truthful were a large capable connection to travel successful they would see selling him."

An Arsenal swoop for Jackson would surely beryllium astonishing fixed they would request to motion him straight from their London rivals but with moves for Sesko and Gyokeres having failed to determination guardant successful caller days, it could beryllium 1 to watch.

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