Happening behind the scenes: Aston Villa very keen on Chelsea attacker – it’s not Jackson | OneFootball

There are some things happening behind the scenes at Chelsea right now and Aston Villa are very keen on a Chelsea attacker.

This time though, we are not speaking about Nicolas Jackson being of interest to Aston Villa, even though they have been heavily linked with the Blues striker this window.

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Chelsea need to sell him, and Christopher Nkunku, before they are able to complete deals to sign new attackers themselves.

But which new attackers are they actually going to bring? There is a whole host of confusion going around on this one now and Chelsea fans are left wondering whether they will be signing Xavi Simons now after fresh reports have come out linking the club with a move to sign Fermin Lopez from Barcelona yesterday.

Yesterday, it was reported by The Athletic that Chelsea needed to sell Christopher Nkunku to RB Leipzig in a deal that could become key to Simons going to Chelsea this week.

So all of the above could spell the end of Chelsea’s attempts to sign Simons. But what of Nkunku?

Villa keen on Nkunku

Christopher Nkunku battles for possession against Fluminense.(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

It’s being reported by Fabrizio Romano that Aston Villa are very keen on signing Christopher Nkunku from Chelsea this window.

He spoke to DAZN on transfers this week, as relayed on X, and he said:

“Aston Villa are very keen on Nkunku.

“There are things happening behind the scenes for both Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson.”

Time will tell

Things just stay very up in the air now for Chelsea then as we go into the final five days of the current summer transfer window. It’s already been a bit of a whirlwind window for the club, but it looks set to be a very busy end to it with plenty of drama and things going on.