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Chelsea Football Newsletter
Chelsea Football Newsletter
Aston Villa are closing in on signing Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea.
Standard Sport understands the total package — which includes performance-related add-ons — will be worth £65million.
Villa acted on their interest in Jackson after it became clear Ollie Watkins was angling to leave the club. He is expected to leave Villa for Al Hilal.
Chelsea decided to consider selling Jackson this summer after he returned from a season-long loan at Bayern Munich, which would have become permanent if he had started more Bundesliga games.
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