Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly is prepared to pay Christopher Nkunku's £52million release clause at RB Leipzig. The German club's new sporting director, Max Eberl, has now hinted that the Frenchman is expected to leave the Bundesliga at the end of the season.
Nkunku has signed a pre-contract agreement with the Blues ahead of a move for the 2023/24 season, as football.london reported back in October. The French forward scored an astonishing 31 goals and also registered 20 assists in 48 appearances for the German club in all competitions last term – and was deservedly crowned the Bundesliga Player of the Season.
The Blues could be getting one of European football's most sought-after attacking players should they pull this clever deal off. Nkunku would add a significant improvement to Chelsea's attacking threat with Kai Havertz, Armando Broja and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all having struggled for form in front of goal.
