Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has made a daring prediction about present Blues striker Nicolas Jackson.
Jackson has impressed following his arrival from Spanish facet Villarreal final summer time in a deal price £32m and has established himself as Chelsea’s foremost striker.
The 23-year-old had a powerful first season and scored 17 targets in all competitions, with 14 of these coming within the Premier League.
Hasselbaink makes daring Jackson declare
A lot was manufactured from Chelsea’s failure to signal a striker this summer time after pursuing Victor Osimhen for almost all of the window, however Jackson’s begin to the season suggests that won’t have been such a foul factor.
The Senegal worldwide has 4 targets and two assists within the first 5 video games of the season, with solely Luis Diaz and Erling Haaland scoring extra targets than him to this point.
Jackson put in a person of the match efficiency final weekend towards West Ham with two rather well taken targets and early proof suggests his ending could have improved.
Chelsea are massive believers in Jackson and handed him a two 12 months contract extension, which retains him at Stamford Bridge till 2033 as a reward for his good first season.
Jackson clearly has all of the attributes to turn into a prime striker, and given the quantity of probabilities he missed final season there’s clearly a 20 targets per season participant in there.
Hasselbaink, who is aware of a factor or two about scoring targets for Chelsea has made a daring declare about Jackson and believes he can turn into a £150m participant.
“He’s progressing rather well, I believe he’s coming alongside properly in his improvement as a prime, prime striker,” he informed Genting On line casino.
“Nicolas Jackson and Erling Haaland are comparable ages. The key distinction is, Haaland has much more top-level expertise by way of Champions League soccer.
“He’s been taking part in at that degree since he burst onto the scene taking part in for Salzburg and has stayed there. Jackson hasn’t performed that.
“That’s what Jackson must do to be thought-about probably the greatest strikers on the planet. He must be decisive on the pitch and he wants to attain targets usually on the highest degree within the recreation. It’s an enormous problem for him, however he has the potential to get there.
“If Jackson fulfils his potential, he will probably be a £150 million participant. I’m satisfied of that.
“He’s a participant that has the potential to have the ability to do every little thing. He can play outdoors the field. He can play with the ball at his ft, these are issues that Erling Haaland can’t actually do.”
Jackson may have an opportunity so as to add to his tally towards Brighton on Saturday as Chelsea look to make it three Premier League wins in a row.
