Chelsea’s Christopher Nkunku is wanted by Manchester United. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Man United are ‘interested’ in bringing Chelsea star Christopher Nkunku to Old Trafford in January as the French striker battles to win a starting place at Stamford Bridge.
The 27-year-old has been at Chelsea since last summer after the west London club sparked the game Exemption clause of 52 million euros in the former RB Leipzig star’s contract.
Nkunku’s first season at Stamford Bridge was a disaster as the player struggled with fitness issues, resulting in just 14 appearances. The French talent has made up for it during the opening phase of the 2024/25 campaign, as the talent in blue has already produced 10 goals and one assist in 17 games.
However, the 27-year-old has 154 minutes of Premier League action as Enzo Maresca currently prefers Nicolas Jackson to lead his line, which has led to the The France international is becoming unhappy in west London.
This has sparked rumors linking Nkunku away from Chelsea In the build-up to the January transfer window and according to former Premier League scout Mick Brown, Man United are a club “interested” in signing the former RB Leipzig star.
Christopher Nkunku fits ‘perfectly’ into Ruben Amorim’s Man United squad
With the January transfer window fast approaching, Mick Brown has provided an update on Nkunku’s future at Chelsea with the former scout admitting that Man United are among the clubs interested in the 27-year-old.
“From what I’ve heard, Man United are certainly interested,” Brown said Football Insider. “They tell me he’s on their target list and they could be looking in January or the summer.”
The former scout went on to say: “He’s one of those modern players where he’s not really a striker, not a midfielder, not really a winger. It’s like a combination of all three.
“So when you look at Sporting d’Amorim, the forwards are all fast and they play with the backs of the defenders and put pressure on them.
“Nkunku strikes me as the type of player who would fit in perfectly with that. He’s also good enough to play every week at this level.”
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