Not content with spending more than 600 million last season, which did not help them to get into Europe, Chelsea have opened the transfer market by taking out the checkbook again, this time to get the services of striker Christopher Nkunku, from Red Bull Leipzig, for 52 million pounds, about 60 million euros.
The Frenchman, who this past season has been the top scorer in the Bundesliga, tied with Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen) at 16 goals, has been key for the energy drink team to finish third in the domestic championship, although with no chance of enter the fight for the title between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern, which ultimately went to the Bavarians.
Nkunku has finished the season with a total of 23 goals and nine assists in 36 games. His best course, however, was 2021-22, when he was chosen as the best player in the Bundesliga after scoring a total of 35 goals and winning the German Cup.
The man born in Lagny-sur-Marne, a few kilometers from Paris, now becomes Chelsea’s first signing under Mauricio Pochettino, who was appointed the new blues coach just a few weeks ago to the detriment of interim Frank Lampard, substitute in turn for the dismissed Graham Potter.
“I am incredibly happy to have arrived at Chelsea. It has been a great effort from the club to bring me and I am looking forward to meeting my new manager, my teammates and showing the fans what I can do on the pitch,” he told club media. the 25-year-old center forward, who was trained in the lower categories of PSG.
The Frenchman played 78 games with the Parisian first team, with whom he won three leagues and two French cups. Nkunku headed to Germany in 2019, when PSG transferred him to the Leipzig team for 13 million. “After having played in Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, now I want to play in the Premier League, one of the strongest leagues in the world. I am very excited about this challenge and I am very proud to wear the Chelsea shirt,” he added.
