• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Chicago Sports Today

Chicago Sports News continuously updated

  • Bears
  • Baseball
    • Cubs
    • White Sox
  • Basketball
    • Bulls
    • Sky
  • Blackhawks
  • Colleges
    • DePaul
    • Illinois
    • Loyola
    • Northwestern
    • Notre Dame
    • UIC
    • Valparaiso
  • Soccer
    • Fire
    • Red Stars
  • Team Stores

Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea Have ‘Plan B’ in Place for Signing of 24-Year-Old ‘World Class’ Forward Who Trained With Kylian Mbappe

October 3, 2022 by Last Word On College Football

Christopher Nkunku

Chelsea are still planning to hold discussions with RB Leipzig over the transfer of Christopher Nkunku next year, confirms Fabrizio Romano. This is after the Blues made the 24-year-old undergo a secret medical and even agreed personal terms with him to join in the 2023 summer transfer window.

Chelsea Have ‘Plan B’ in Place for Christopher Nkunku Signing

All parties involved in Christoper Nkunku deal wanted to keep Chelsea medical secret, but it really took place few weeks ago. 🔵 #CFC

Not done yet, as Chelsea & Leipzig will discuss about fee/payment terms. Plan B: triggering €60m clause in 2023.

More: https://t.co/8CJYdvUcNy pic.twitter.com/CuE7NFj6Uf

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 2, 2022

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Nkunku’s Lucrative Release Clause Attracts Chelsea

While the Blues did try their best to negotiate the deal for the French international in secret, it ended up getting leaked to major news outlets. Romano adds that the medical for the winger actually took place a few weeks ago, meaning that the Premier League side have been working on it for quite some-time now.

But a deal is not yet fully done yet. Graham Potter’s side are yet to agree a deal with Leipzig, who will need to green-light the move for it to go through. Chelsea are planning to hold talks with the Bundesliga side over the possible transfer fee and how the payment will be structured.

Read More: Graham Potter Excited to Work With Christian Pulisic at Chelsea

Moreover, Chelsea also have a ‘Plan B’ in place for the 24-year-old forward. They are aware of a £52.7 million release clause that has been inserted into his contract, which allows any club to sign him by triggering that amount. So if Leipzig demand an obscenely major fee for the Frenchman, the Blues can just sign him by paying that amount.

Chelsea Ready to Bolster Their Attack by Signing Nkunku

After letting go of Timo Werner (by selling him to Leipzig) and loaning Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan for this season, Chelsea have major plans for the future. They want to further improve their attack by signing Nkunku after seeing his uprise at the Bundesliga side, for whom he scored 35 goals and provided 20 assists in all competitions last season – even winning the Bundesliga Player of the Year award over Robert Lewandowski as well.

Read More: Chelsea Ready to Rival Liverpool and Real Madrid for Jude Bellingham Signing

He has scored eight goals in 12 games this season and is really versatile, being able to play anywhere in the frontline. Nkunku has trained with the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Zlatan Ibrahimovic during his spell at Paris Saint-Germain and called as a player ‘with no weaknesses’ by ex-Leipzig manager Jesse Marsch last season.

His impressive goal numbers in the last year or so has compelled Chelsea to pounce on him and try to wrap up his signing before the competition gets heated.

The post Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea Have ‘Plan B’ in Place for Signing of 24-Year-Old ‘World Class’ Forward Who Trained With Kylian Mbappe appeared first on Last Word on Football.

Filed Under: Notre Dame

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • (no title)
  • North Chicago man killed by shot fired into home
  • Medallas de los Juegos de Milán-Cortina simbolizan ‘dos mitades que se unen’
  • Chicago ‘granny flats,’ coach houses one step closer to citywide legalization with vote
  • The George, an old-fashioned tavern, to pay homage to Naperville’s famous Georges

Categories

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • CHGO
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Chicago Sun-Times
  • 247 Sports
  • 670 The Score
  • Bleacher Report
  • Chicago Sports Nation
  • Da Windy City
  • NBC Sports Chicago
  • OurSports Central
  • Sports Mockery
  • The Sports Daily
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • The Spun
  • USA Today
  • WGN 9

Baseball

  • MLB.com - Cubs
  • MLB.com - White Sox
  • Bleed Cubbie Blue
  • Cubbies Crib
  • Cubs Insider
  • Inside The White Sox
  • Last Word On Baseball - Cubs
  • Last Word On Baseball - White Sox
  • MLB Trade Rumors - Cubs
  • MLB Trade Rumors - White Sox
  • South Side Sox
  • Southside Showdown
  • Sox Machine
  • Sox Nerd
  • Sox On 35th

Basketball

  • NBA.com
  • Amico Hoops
  • Basketball Insiders
  • Blog A Bull
  • High Post Hoops
  • Hoops Hype
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Last Word On Pro Basketball
  • Pippen Ain't Easy
  • Pro Basketball Talk
  • Real GM

Football

  • Chicago Bears
  • Bears Gab
  • Bear Goggles On
  • Bears Wire
  • Da Bears Blog
  • Last Word On Pro Football
  • NFL Trade Rumors
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Focus
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Football Talk
  • Total Bears
  • Windy City Gridiron

Hockey

  • Blackhawk Up
  • Elite Prospects
  • Last Word On Hockey
  • My NHL Trade Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • Second City Hockey
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • Hot Time In Old Town
  • Last Word On Soccer - Fire
  • Last Word On Soccer - Red Stars
  • MLS Multiplex

Colleges

  • Big East Coast Bias
  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Inside NU
  • Inside The Irish
  • Last Word On College Football - Notre Dame
  • One Foot Down
  • Saturday Blitz
  • Slap The Sign
  • The Daily Northwestern
  • The Observer
  • UHND.com
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2025 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in