{"id":10366,"date":"2025-07-20T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10366\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:24:14","slug":"a-bit-more-rounded-former-chelsea-ace-suggests-nicolas-jackson-is-more-complete-than-72m-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10366\/","title":{"rendered":"‘A bit more rounded’\u2026 Former Chelsea ace suggests Nicolas Jackson is more complete than \u00a372m star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson is a big talking point in England right now, with his future at Stamford Bridge currently in doubt.<\/p>\n

Jackson<\/a> has been Chelsea<\/a>\u2018s first-choice striker for the last two seasons. However, the 24-year-old now appears to have lost that status.<\/p>\n

This summer, the Blues have signed Joao Pedro and Liam Delap, and Enzo Maresca<\/a> went with the former in his side\u2019s final two games of the Club World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It proved to be the right decision, as Pedro scored two goals in the semi-finals before netting in the final against Paris Saint-Germain. Emile Heskey had doubts about Pedro<\/a>, but the Brazilian has quickly quashed them.<\/p>\n

\"ChelseaPhoto by Carmen Mandato \u2013 FIFA\/FIFA via Getty ImagesCraig Burley suggests Nicolas Jackson is \u2018more rounded\u2019 than Rasmus Hojlund<\/p>\n

Ex-Chelsea midfielder Craig Burley<\/a> is one person who has been discussing Jackson, with the Senegal international being linked with a move to Manchester United.<\/p>\n

United have Rasmus Hojlund, who cost the club \u00a372m<\/a>, as their main striker option. Burley is not sure if he is as complete as Jackson but does not think that the Chelsea star is the answer to Ruben Amorim\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the two forwards on ESPN FC, Burley said: \u201cYou could argue Nicko Jackson is a bit more rounded with more experience than Rasmus Hojlund. But if that\u2019s where United are going now because there\u2019s nobody else and throwing bad money after bad money, what\u2019s the point in that?\u201d<\/p>\n

While United are thought to have an interest in Jackson, it has been widely reported that Chelsea have Alejandro Garnacho on their radar.<\/p>\n

The possibility of a Jackson and Garnacho swap deal<\/a> has not been ruled out.<\/p>\n

\"AlejandroPhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesPundit warns Manchester United not to sign Nicolas Jackson, explains why<\/p>\n

Burley is not the only ex-footballer who thinks United signing Jackson would be a bad idea.<\/p>\n

Retired Scotland international Alan Brazil cannot see such a move working out, sharing his concerns about Jackson\u2019s finishing.<\/p>\n

When Brazil spoke about the Jackson and United rumours<\/a> mid-week, he said: \u201cHe can\u2019t finish, or he can finish, but he needs four chances to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was going to say he\u2019d get more chances [at United], but he wouldn\u2019t. Chelsea are a better side than Man United, so I don\u2019t see it working. You never know and I wish him well, but I don\u2019t see it working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moving to United or another club this summer may be the best thing for the former Villarreal man, though. If Pedro maintains the form that he showed at the Club World Cup, then Jackson is going to find it difficult to reclaim his spot in Maresca\u2019s team. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson is a big talking point in England right now, with his future at Stamford…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6779,218,2807,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-10366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-craig-burley","tag-football","tag-nicolas-jackson","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}