Chelsea confirm striker move after Christian Nkunku and Joao Felix decisions

Chelsea person bought David Fofana backmost from his indebtedness spell successful Turkey arsenic the Blues opt to clasp Christian Nkunku whilst Joao Felix is edging towards a indebtedness determination away

Chelsea person recalled frontman David Fofana from his indebtedness spell astatine Turkish broadside Goztepe.

Fofana made the determination to the Turkish Super Lig successful September and made 9 appearances for the club, scoring connected 2 occasions. The Ivorian joined the Blues successful January 2023 and has since been loaned retired to Bundesliga outfit Union Berlin and Burnley earlier his spell successful Turkey.

Opportunities astatine Stamford Bridge person been hard to travel by and helium lone made 4 first-team appearances during that play helium was connected the books astatine Chelsea, 3 of those coming successful the Premier League.

The westbound Londoners person been juggling their striker options during the last days of the January transportation window. Fofana is backmost but volition beryllium someway down the pecking order, adjacent if respective of the much established names bash depart.

Christopher Nkunku is acceptable to stay until astatine slightest the extremity of the season. The 27-year-old, who arrived astatine Stamford Bridge backmost successful June 2023 from RB Leipzig for much than £50million, was connected the radars of some Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

They deemed that Chelsea's demands were excessive and person backed retired of immoderate midseason deal, adjacent if Nkunku is thought to beryllium frustrated by his deficiency of minutes. He has scored 16 goals successful 43 first-team games for the Blues, including 13 successful 29 nether Enzo Maresca this season, but the bulk of his outings person travel from the bench.

Nicolas Jackson is the starring frontman astatine Chelsea and that has besides constricted the minutes of Joao Felix, who could yet leave. The versatile Portuguese prima has struggled to find a abstraction successful the squad with Cole Palmer the premier playmaker.

Felix was lone signed successful the summer, penning a seven-year contract, but already helium looks to beryllium connected the determination again. A power to AC Milan for the remainder of the play is connected the cards with Chelsea receiving a indebtedness interest successful the process.

The Italian broadside person conscionable allowed Alvaro Morata to permission for Galatasaray, leaving them airy of a forward. The Spaniard, erstwhile of Chelsea, lone moved to Milan from Atletico Madrid successful the summertime but is different subordinate moving erstwhile again successful a abbreviated abstraction of time.

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