Chelsea have already overcome the disappointment of losing out on Victor Osimhen deal with a new contract agreement for their striker.
The Blues missed out on signing their long term target Victor Osimhen in a failed deadline day attempt. One of the most anticipated transfer moves of the deadline day let alone the whole summer fell through in the last minute despite consistent efforts from Chelsea delegation in Italy. They tried each and every trick in the book to reach and agreement with the player’s camp but couldn’t match hefty wage demands. Anyway Osimhen is now stuck with Napoli after the deal with Al Ahli also falling through but exploring for other ways to get out of Naples. On the other hand latest reports say, Chelsea have now agreed a new deal with their Senegalese centre forward Nicolas Jackson.
WHY OSIMHEN REJECTED CHELSEA?
Despite consistent efforts from Chelsea they couldn’t even match the wage demands of Victor Osimhen. The Blues were even unable match with the current wage earned by Osimhen at Napoli. So what happened. there? The Blues have again been on a spending spree this summer making 11 signings. They have also made significant sales especially earning big on their academy player sales. So Chelsea tried to offer Osimhen proposals that stood along the lines of FFP rules. They offered more than five different proposals to Osimhen, yet couldn’t reach an agreement.
Al Ahli had a club to club agreement at first but with Napoli demanding a fixed amount €85 million which was €5 million higher than the proposal. The Saudi club were also pray of some greedy tactics from Napoli. However, Napoli, despite agreeing to the deal initially kept changing the contractual terms inorder to earn more. Al Ahli grew impatient with Osimhen stalling the deal and later turned to much cheaper option in Ivan Toney.
Chelsea’s initial proposal as revealed by GOAL.com was about €4 million which was about 10% to what Al Ahli had offered him. And only doubled if Chelsea qualify for Champions League football. But yet it didn’t match with the current wage of his Napoli contract. A little bit of FFP rules and a little tactics of brinkmanship from Chelsea ruined the deal for them.
THE ALTERNATIVE
Chelsea, now in an attempt to overcome their disappointments of failed Osimhen deal have now agreed a new deal with striker Nicolas Jackson.
The Senegalese joined Chelsea last summer from Villarreal for €35 million. He signed an eight year contract with the club so his current contract extends to 2031. And according to the reports his new contract extension mean he will remain at the club till 2033. A nine year contract. Identifying the progress he has made at Chelsea the owners are rewarding him with higher wages.
So questions may arise about Why are they offering a new extension for a player who has seven years already left in his contract. Chelsea may argue that they are rewarding him with wages. But reading between lines we can assume that the genius in Todd Boehly is tieing down his best players for the majority part of his career. For example Jackson is 23 and nine years from now mean he’ll be 32 and well past his prime. So these contracts even though helps players have a settled future, have sold the authority over their own career. These long term contracts is new to European football but is normal for Todd Boehly, who’s from America.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR JACKSON AND CHELSEA?
Nicolas Jackson has had a descent start to his 2024-25 season already scoring twice and assisting once in the first three Premier League matches. But his team now sits 11th in the table with four points. Looks like Jackson will remain as the first choice despite bringing in Marc Guiu and Joao Felix. If Nicolas Jackson doesn’t miss his chances he would be crucial in Chelsea’s attempt to securing UCL qualification. There is also a possibility that Chelsea may reignite their hopes of signing Osimhen in January,.
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