Chelsea got their wish as Jackson enjoyed the best season of his career in 2023–24. While 14 league goals was hardly much of a jump up from his 12 with Villarreal, the value of those strikes doubled thanks to the Premier League tax that comes with a player proving themselves in England’s top flight.

And of course one of those many options — though probably one of the less likely ones — is one or both players staying with Chelsea. After all, they’re still training with the first team and have not been exiled to the Bomb Squad™ to hang out with the likes of Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell.

Nicolas Jackson has been told he can leave Chelsea before the end of the transfer window after falling out of favour under Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge.