He therefore divides opinion, and in this summer of the striker merry-go-round, it is not merely Chelsea but also Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Manchester United who are asking, what exactly is Jackson’s level?
“Competition? I have no competition,” Jackson told Senegalese outlet D Sports this week.
Liam Delap and Joao Pedro have pushed Jackson down the pecking order (Photo: Reuters)
“We’re all here to help the club,” he added. “Everyone has their role to play.
You can even admire the delusion, the confidence, and perhaps this is necessary for a Premier League striker who regularly finds himself in a difficult corner and eventually bounces back.
Diving deeper, Jackson averaged fewer minutes per shot than Isak in the 2024-25 Premier League campaign but was far closer to mirroring Liverpool’s No 9 Nunez for minutes per goal.
It shows he is there and getting into the space for chances, but lacks the conversion and ultimately the quality to put them away and therefore be placed in the same bracket as Isak.
If he is no longer good enough for Chelsea, where he looks to be now third in the pecking order, then where could he go?
It may explain why none of Aston Villa, Manchester United and Newcastle are rushing to sign Jackson, and he appears to be a smaller cog in a wheel driven by Isak’s expected Liverpool move that also features Benjamin Sesko, Ollie Watkins and Yoane Wissa.
Villa may go in for Jackson if Watkins leaves. Manchester United may go in for Jackson – as The i Paper reported last month – if they do not sign Sesko or Watkins.
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That makes for a lot of ifs, and it may explain why Jackson is odds-on to remain at Chelsea with the bookmakers, with reports of a £80-100m asking price also putting off potential suitors.
A reunion with Unai Emery at Villa?
For closer to £50m, Villa may well believe Emery has the necessary skills to polish the forward further.
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