Chelsea are unlikely to replace Nicolas Jackson if the 24-year-old striker is moved on this month as expected, with the Blues believing they already have ample in-house cover.
Jackson’s exit is being worked on after Daily Mail Sport revealed last week how the No 9 had told the club he wants to explore leaving. He was left out of Enzo Maresca’s squads for their friendlies against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan on Friday and Sunday respectively because of that.
He trained individually at Cobham over that weekend, but one person who has been at the training ground since told us they did not see him working alongside the ‘bomb squad’ that includes Raheem Sterling, Renato Veiga, Carney Chukwuemeka, Alfie Gilchrist, David Datro Fofana and others.