Ollie Watkins is about to depart Aston Villa for Al-Hilal, with Fabrizio Romano delivering his trademark “right here we go”. Villa have additionally all however lined up his alternative: Nicolas Jackson.
Italian switch knowledgeable Romano says Aston Villa have accepted a bid of €58.4 million, plus €2 million in bonuses. Watkins will journey to Saudi Arabia this week to finish the transfer.
His annual wage on the Saudi membership had beforehand been reported at round €17 million. Simone Inzaghi will quickly have loads of attacking choices. Karim Benzema (38) can be nonetheless at Al-Hilal, who additionally strengthened their squad earlier this summer season with Crysencio Summerville.
Aston Villa signed Watkins (30) from Brentford in 2020. He has since racked up 108 objectives and 47 assists in 278 official appearances for the membership.
Villa have moved for Jackson as they seek for a alternative for Watkins. The 25-year-old Chelsea striker is open to the transfer, with the 2 golf equipment solely needing to settle the ultimate particulars.
In transformed phrases, Jackson’s impending transfer to Aston Villa is price slightly below €76 million. That’s greater than double the €37 million Chelsea paid Villarreal for him in 2023.
Jackson has made 81 appearances for Chelsea since then, scoring 30 objectives and supplying 12 assists. Final season he was loaned out to Bayern Munich: 34 matches, 11 objectives, 4 assists.
