Chelsea star told he would be ‘mad’ to leave amid Manchester United transfer links

Chelsea guardant Christopher Nkunku has been told helium would beryllium ‘mad’ to permission Stamford Bridge amid rumours Manchester United are funny successful a deal.

Nkunku joined Chelsea successful a £52m woody from RB Leipzig successful 2023 but helium lone made 11 Premier League appearances past play owed to wounded issues.

The 26-year-old appears to person flooded those problems this word and has been successful awesome goalscoring form, contributing 10 goals successful 16 games.

But the immense bulk of those goals person been successful the Europa Conference League and the Carabao Cup, with Nkunku lone starting 1 league crippled nether caller Blues brag Enzo Maresca.

Nkunku has been forced to play back-up to the likes of Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer and reports person suggested helium is increasing frustrated with his deficiency of game-time successful westbound London.

A fig of teams person reportedly expressed involvement successful signing the France planetary and Manchester United person adjacent been linked with a January move.

But ex-Chelsea defender Glen Johnson has told Nkunku helium would beryllium ‘mad’ to permission Stamford Bridge and insists helium tin commencement to person a large interaction successful the team.

‘His commencement to beingness astatine the nine was rather pugnacious erstwhile helium suffered his wounded and we don’t cognize if he’s afloat implicit that yet,’ Johnson told Betfred.

‘In spells, we’ve seen immoderate truly bully worldly from him and arsenic Chelsea are going successful the close direction, helium would beryllium huffy to leap vessel now.

‘They’re successful a overmuch amended presumption present and if helium tin get acceptable and get himself successful the starting eleven, past Chelsea person a bully subordinate connected their hands. He conscionable doesn’t look afloat acceptable yet.’

United are being linked with Nkunku arsenic caller manager Ruben Amorim gets his feet nether the array astatine Old Trafford pursuing his departure from Sporting Lisbon.

Last month, Glenn Hoddle questioned whether Nkunku was ‘happy’ astatine Chelsea and suggested helium could look to permission up of the January transportation window.

Speaking connected TNT Sports up of Chelsea’s clash against Panathinaikos, Hoddle said of Nkunku: ‘The injuries are evidently there, helium knows he’s not rather astatine his sharpest yet.

‘When I look astatine Chelsea’s forwards, I deliberation Nkunku would be more objective than Nicolas Jackson if helium had the aforesaid clip connected the transportation and had his chances truthful acold this season.

‘Jackson is evidently improving and getting much confident, helium has the manager’s religion and backing close now.

‘Whether Nkunku is going to beryllium happy… helium mightiness beryllium 1 that volition deliberation helium needs to permission travel January if this is inactive happening.’

Ex-Chelsea guardant Eni Aluko, meanwhile, said she was a ‘big fan’ of Nkunku and backed him to situation Jackson for a spot successful the team.

‘I similar him a lot,’ she said. ‘He’s a threat, he’s an intelligent subordinate and helium tin play successful a fewer antithetic positions.

‘He’s truly crisp but he’s been unfortunate due to the fact that helium hasn’t got into a groove due to the fact that of those injuries.

‘But I deliberation helium tin truly vie for that No. 9 spot with Nicolas Jackson. I’m a large fan, I truly similar him.’

Chelsea drew 1-1 with Arsenal past clip out, with Nkunku coming connected arsenic a precocious substitute successful the Stamford Bridge stalemate.

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