Tottenham Hotspur does not intend to pursue a move to sign Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson during the current summer transfer window.
Nicolas Jackson
Club: Bayern Munich
According to "Sports Mole," Tottenham has no plans to enter negotiations to sign Jackson this summer, despite rumors linking the London club with the striker.
The report indicated that Chelsea has valued Jackson at around £65 million, although it also noted that the player's contract runs until 2023, which appears to be a chronological error in the source.
Chelsea's Spanish manager Xabi Alonso had hinted at the possibility of Jackson staying with the team, but competition in the forward line has become fiercer after the signing of Danny Welbeck, alongside João Pedro, William Delap, and Emmanuel Emiga.
Since joining Chelsea from Villarreal in the summer of 2023, Jackson has scored 30 goals and provided 12 assists in 81 matches across all competitions.
On the other side, Tottenham has several options in the striker position, most notably Dominic Solanke, Richarlison, Dane Scarlett, and Mathis Tel, although the latter has featured in most of the new season's pre-season matches as a winger.
Scarlett is expected to leave this summer given his lack of real opportunities with the first team, while Richarlison enters the final year of his contract.
Manager Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed his desire to keep Richarlison, who scored two goals during pre-season after finishing as the team's top scorer last season with 12 goals across all competitions.
The Brazilian player is not currently in serious negotiations with any other club, nor is he pushing for a departure, but Tottenham could face the risk of losing him for free in the summer of 2027 if they do not sell him during the current transfer window.
Nevertheless, the report believes Tottenham still needs to strengthen the centre-forward position, especially given Solanke's physical issues, and has already identified another more ambitious target instead of Jackson.
Earlier reports had pointed to Tottenham's surprising interest in signing Jackson, whose future remains uncertain after a mixed loan spell with Bayern Munich last season.
The 25-year-old striker scored 11 goals and provided 4 assists in 34 matches for Bayern, but he mostly played as a substitute for striker Harry Kane in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.