Aston Villa confirm addition of Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea in £65m deal

[p]The agreement sees [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] pay £47.5 million guaranteed to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Blues[/a], with a further £17.5 million in add-ons.[/p][p]Senegal international [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jackson-nicolas/jXg8d5RJ/"]Jackson[/a] arrives as a replacement for outgoing England striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/watkins-ollie/rHnOkDD8/"]Ollie Watkins[/a], who departs for Saudi Pro League side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-hilal/hxxcePl9/"]Al Hilal[/a].[/p][embed guid="ff1c66ae-78e7-42b4-ad41-97d9e1fe81a1" url="https://x.com/AstonVilla/status/2093398207221080367?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jackson worked with current Villa boss Unai Emery at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/villarreal/lUatW5jE/"]Villarreal[/a] before his move to Chelsea in June 2023.[/p][p]He scored 30 goals in 81 appearances for Chelsea and spent last season on loan at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a], scoring eight times in 23 league games.[/p][p]Jackson has 37 caps for Senegal and eight international goals.[/p]