Mauricio Pochettino has admitted Chelsea could be forced into signing a new striker during the current transfer window due to uncertainty over the extent of Christopher Nkunku’s hip injury.
The France forward has made only one Premier League start since joining from RB Leipzig in the summer for £51m and has been absent from training for the last 10 days after suffering the injury before the FA Cup third-round win over Preston. Pochettino revealed Nkunku is set to be assessed in the coming days and admitted he is worried about the extent of his injury given that his other main striker, Nicolas Jackson, is away at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.
