Nicolas Jackson transfer: Aston Villa agree deal worth up to £65m to sign Chelsea striker

Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sell Ollie Watkins to Al Hilal, and are set to replace him with Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson.

The deal for Watkins is understood to be worth £50m, with Jackson set to join from the Blues in a transfer which could reach £65m.

Watkins is keen on the move to Saudi Arabia, and at least one bid was previously rejected by Villa. They did not want to sell the England international, but have now accepted Al Hilal's latest offer.

Chelsea's plan all summer has been to sell Jackson and Liam Delap. Atletico Madrid also want Jackson, but may not be able to offer as much as Villa. Jackson worked with Villa manager Unai Emery when they were both at Villarreal.

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Jackson, who joined Chelsea from Villarreal in 2023, spent last season on loan at Bayern Munich.

The Bundesliga champions had an obligation to buy the forward included in the deal worth £56.25m, but Jackson did not reach the number of appearances required to exercise the option.

Aston Villa transfers

In

Johan Manzambi - Freiburg, £59.5m

Joao Gomes - Wolves, £38m

Zion Suzuki - Parma, £29.9m

Matteo Ruggeri - Atletico Madrid, £21.4m

Alejandro Garnacho - Chelsea, loan

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - West Ham, loan

Modou Keba Cissa - LASK, undisclosed

Blade Earley - Cambridge, free

Out

Morgan Rogers - Chelsea, £117m

Ezri Konsa - Arsenal, £55m

Youri Tielemans - Man Utd, £35m

Donyell Malen - Roma, £21.6m

Lewis Dobbin - Southampton, £10m

Enzo Barrenechea - Benfica, £10m

Lucas Digne - Paris Saint-Germain, £8.5m

Louie Barry - Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed

Yeimar Mosquera - Vitoria SC, undisclosed

Sil Swinkels - Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed

Thierry Katsukunya - Cardiff, free

Ronnie Hollingshead - King's Lynn, free

Ewan Simpson - Airdrieonians, free

Junior Wilson - Birmingham, free

Samuel Iling-Junior - Bolton, loan

Evann Guessand - Crystal Palace, loan

Sam Proctor - Shrewsbury, loan

Joe Gauci - Lincoln, loan

Andres Garcia - Getafe, loan

Zepiqueno Redmond - Annecy, loan

Kadan Young - Annecy, loan

Oliwier Zych - Vitoria SC, loan

Kosta Nedeljkovic - Rangers, loan

Elijah Briscoe - released

I-Lani Edwards - released

Jacob Green - released

Max Lott - released

Calum Moreland - released

Charlie Pavey - released

Cole Ramsey - released

Kerr Smith - released

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