RB Lepizig sporting director appears to confirm Christopher Nkunku will join Chelsea in the summer
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‘The signs are very, very clear’: RB Lepizig sporting director Max Eberl seems to confirm that Christopher Nkunku will join Chelsea in the summer, with the French striker’s £53m release clause expected to be activate’
- Christopher Nkunku has been linked with a move to Chelsea for some time
- The French striker has scored 17 goals in just 23 appearances for Leipzig this year
- Sporting director Max Eberl has hinted that the move is likely to happen this summer.
- It comes after Chelsea signed winger Mykhaylo Mudryk for £88m
RB Leipzig have hinted that French striker Chirstopher Nuknku will join Chelsea this summer as the Blues continue to spend heavily in the transfer window.
Nkunku has become one of Europe’s most sought after players in his time in Germany, scoring 35 goals in all competitions last year before adding 17 in just 23 games this season.
According to reports in the evening standardChelsea agreed a move for the 25-year-old in October, and Leipzig appear to have confirmed that the deal is likely to go through at the end of the season.
RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku has been linked with a move to Chelsea for some time
Sporting director Max Eberl said the signs are “very clear” that he will move to west London.
“The signs are very, very clear that he will move to Chelsea,” RB Lepizig sporting director Max Eberl said. BILDand Nkunku is expected to join the Blues when his £53m release clause opens at the end of the season.
It comes amid a flurry of spending by the west London club, which last week signed Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk for £88m.
They also recently spent £9m on loan to Portuguese striker Joao Félix, but the 23-year-old will miss out on part of his short stay at the club after being sent off on his club debut and handed a three-match ban.
It comes after the Blues brought in Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk for £88m.
Despite Todd Boehly flexing his financial muscles at the helm of Chelsea’s new regime, results on the pitch are proving hard to come by.
Graham Potter’s men picked up an important three points against Crystal Palace on Sunday, but it was only their second win in nine games.
They sit 10th in the league, a long way from the Champions League places for a club that spent £400m last year.
Next Chelsea will spring into action when they take on Liverpool on Saturday, another team that has dramatically underperformed in the league this season.