· 7 August 2025, 14:00
**Newcastle United are on the prowl again, looking for a top striker to join the club, as it looks increasingly likely that they are set to miss out on Benjamin Sesko, with the RB Leipzig striker preferring a move to Manchester United.**
Newcastle have had a nightmare summer, especially when it comes to strikers. Not only have the Magpies missed out on several big-name targets, but their current star striker is agitating for a move away, which has got so bad that Eddie Howe has told him to train away from the first team.
Things were looking pretty good for Newcastle at one point with Benjamin Sesko looking like a good possibility, and while the Magpies aren't out of the race entirely, it's just hope more than belief at this point.
It seems, then, that Newcastle are set to turn their attention to Chelsea's inconsistent striker Nicolas Jackson next.
Nicolas Jackson could be on the move this summer
Enzo Maresca is open to letting Nicolas Jackson leave this summer
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As reported in the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14979089/Enzo-Maresca-opens-door-Chelsea-star-leaving.html), Chelsea are not opposed to letting the Sengalese striker leave, with Enzo Marseca being quite coy on the 24-year-old's future.
> "Nico is okay. He’s okay. When the transfer window is open, unfortunately or fortunately, anything can happen. This also involves Nico’s situation.
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> "At the moment we also had two strikers arrive, both of them in the USA, Joao (Pedro) and Liam (Delap). So we will see what happens."
Nicolas Jackson is being pushed out of Chelsea by two strikers Newcastle wanted to sign
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Both Liam Delap and Joao Pedro were reported targets for Newcastle, but both opted for Chelsea, and now the Blues look set to massively overcharge us to sign the player that those players have pushed out.
You couldn't make this up, could you? It gets even better when you consider that Jackson would miss the first game of the season after picking up a suspension for being sent off in the game against Newcastle last season.
It honestly feels like AI wrote the story for our summer with the input being 'make it as crazy as possible'.