Mauricio Pochettino, the next Blues manager, is scheduled to start on July 1 as the team attempts to recover from a disappointing year.
They finished in the bottom half of the standings for the first time since the 1995–96 season, despite spending more than £600 million on 18 players over the summer and winter transfer windows.
The Evening Standard reports that they have intensified their efforts to sign a new striker, with Nicolas Jackson of Villarreal being a target for the summer.
Jackson, 21, a Senegal international, finished the LaLiga campaign in excellent form, scoring nine goals in eight appearances.
Chelsea is in need of a striker and reportedly spoke with Jackson's representatives last week to discuss a possible transfer. Chelsea must decide this summer what to do with pricey failure Romelu Lukaku.
Jackson was linked to Aston Villa and Bournemouth in January, but the Cherries shelved a prospective £20.3 million transfer because of hamstring injury worries.
In 48 games since making the main team at Villarreal, he has scored 13 goals.
Despite his meager goal total, he can play everywhere in the front line, and when he appeared as
This is in contrast to Napoli star Osimhen, who is valued at almost £100 million; the Blues are aware that signing the Nigerian this summer won't be an easy assignment.
Rasmus Hojlund of Atalanta and Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus are additional targets.
Despite the fact that Kylian Mbappe might be for sale following a dispute with PSG, Chelsea are unlikely to make a play for him considering that his price tag is anticipated to be more than £150 million and that he also reportedly makes £893,000 per week.
The Blues are desperate to add more firepower this summer after scoring just 38 goals in 38 league games in 2022–23.
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