Chelsea open to selling £52m star as Barcelona consider January move
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Chelsea are reportedly open to selling £52m signing Christopher Nkunku as Barcelona consider a January move for the forward. The Premier League club brought highly-rated French star Nkunku to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2023. Much was expected of Nkunku, who had scored 58 goals across his final two seasons at RB Leipzig and become a regular for the France national team.
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Nkunku was the Bundesliga Player of the Season and German PFA Player of the Year in 2021-22 after scoring 20 goals and providing 15 assists. Chelsea fans hoping for a similar impact in west London were initially disappointed by injury issues which restricted Nkunku to 14 appearances in all competitions last season.
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Nkunku is back fit but still struggling for game-time under Enzo Maresca, starting just two Premier League games. The 27-year-old has impressed in cup competitions, scoring five goals in five games in the admittedly inferior Europa Conference League and three goals in two Carabao Cup matches.
Struggling for Premier League minutes has led Nkunku to grow frustrated, however, and he is reportedly keen to leave Chelsea, either on loan next month or on a permanent transfer in the summer. Spanish outlet Sport claim his agent, Pini Zahavi, has approached Barcelona to discuss a possible move the Nou Camp and indicated he would be willing to take a pay-cut in order to move.
