{"id":73521,"date":"2026-08-20T23:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73521\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:53:10","slug":"atletico-madrid-in-talks-with-chelsea-over-loan-for-65m-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/73521\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid in talks with Chelsea over loan for \u00a365m striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas Jackson is a target for Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea will be hoping a big bid is on the way soon.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=talkchelsea.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preferred source on Google<\/a> to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/p>\n<p>It looked for a while like Nicolas Jackson was going to be reintegrated back into Chelsea\u2019s first team squad this season after a year on loan with Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s now clear that Xabi Alonso is keeping three strikers in his squad, and the Senegalese isn\u2019t one of them. Some will say that\u2019s harsh, but it may also be down to a desire to leave on Jackson\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico step up Jackson interest<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50783\" title=\"Nicolas Jackson playing for Bayern.(Photo by Sona Maleterova\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1-fsv-mainz-05-v-fc-bayern-munchen-bundesliga-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Nicolas Jackson playing for Bayern.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/>Nicolas Jackson (Photo by Sona Maleterova\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Now Kieran Gill of the Daily Mail is reporting that Atletico Madrid are one of the teams in the mix. This isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve heard them mentioned, but things had gone pretty quiet, and this is a good indication they\u2019re about to heat up again.<\/p>\n<p>Gull says that Atletico would prefer a loan (perhaps with an option to buy), but as ever, Chelsea want a straight sale. It shouldn\u2019t be that hard to come to an arrangement, and we could see Jackson doing really well back in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u201cno offer yet\u201d but talks are \u201congoing.\u201d The whole Jackson deal could be about to get very interesting, with Villa also seemingly gearing up for a bid.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Atletico Madrid are one of several sides chasing Nicolas Jackson. No offer yet from the La Liga club. Chelsea want \u00a365m in a permanent sale for their striker, though understand Atletico prefer an initial loan. Ongoing<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kieran Gill (@kierangill_DM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kierangill_DM\/status\/2090528202435252449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other news\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Another full back on the agenda was Reece James. Alonso spoke about the full back and how he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkchelsea.net\/news\/alonso-answer-reece-james-position\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intended to use him this season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alonso also spoke about his team selection for Monday, not giving anyone much confidence that the players who made it deep into the World Cup will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkchelsea.net\/news\/we-will-check-alonso-doubt-chelseas-strongest-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">get the chance to start.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicolas Jackson is a target for Atletico Madrid, and Chelsea will be hoping a big bid is on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[82,1687],"class_list":["post-73521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-madrid","tag-nicolas-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}