Atletico Madrid are finalising a loan deal for Nicolas Jackson, with an option or obligation to make the move permanent next summer. Atletico Madrid director of football Mateu Alemany travelled to London on Thursday to push talks on, while Chelsea are asking for £65 million.
Jackson’s situation at Chelsea has shifted quickly this summer. Sky Sports reported that he is training away from the main squad, alongside Liam Delap, Axel Disasi and Tosin Adarabioyo, and that detail fits the wider sense that the club are prepared to move him on.
Atletico's deal structure
Alemany told goal.com: “Everything is complicated. The market, if you look at it from the outside, has become tough, and every year that passes it is more complicated because there is a lot of money in the system. There is inflation. Special players are difficult to get.”
That is the backdrop to Atletico's move, and it also explains why they have settled on a loan rather than a straight purchase. Chelsea's valuation is not a small one, even after a summer in which Jackson has already been pushed away from the first-team group.
Chelsea's summer stance on Jackson
There is some dispute over Jackson's recent Bayern output. One set of reports has him with 11 goals in 34 competitive appearances on loan at Bayern Munich, while others say he finished that spell with 11 goals and 4 assists in 1,320 minutes. Either way, he kept producing while operating in a rotational role.
His Chelsea record gives the selling club a reason to ask for a strong fee. Jackson made 81 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions, scoring 30 goals and providing 12 assists.
The move is not done yet, but Atletico are leading the push and Chelsea's asking price and squad decisions point in the same direction. With Alemany already in London on Thursday, the next step is whether the clubs settle the terms of the loan and the buy clause before the market moves on.
Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 5 outlets. How we work →
