Heâs had a couple of tough years at Chelsea, so itâs easy to forget that not long ago Christopher Nkunku was one of the stars of the French national team and one of the countryâs best regarded players.
Itâs no wonder that LâEquipe did a big report on him and his future yesterday.
Teams line up for Nkunku â but no deal coming easily
The French paper claim that Nkunku is at a âpivotal moment in his careerâ, knowing that his âfuture with the national team is at stake in the short term.â With a World Cup coming up next summer he wants to be starting and Chelsea canât or wonât offer him that right now.
The good news is that there is some interest â this report says that Liverpool âhas other plans,â but that Inter Milan are trying to make things work. Bayern Munich are his longest term suitors, although they need to sell before they can buy.
Teams from the bottom half of the Premier League have also come forward for the former Leipzig man but been knocked back. Itâs all promising â but nothing looks ready to happen yet.
Inter may fall short in financial stakes for Chelsea star
Like many have noted on social media already, weâre always sceptical of rumours of Italian interest in our A list players. Serie A clubs just donât tend to have the budget to make those deals worthwhile at the very top end of the scale.
There are always exceptions, but given Chelsea will be looking for for something like ÂŁ40m for Nkunku, we canât see Inter making it work easily. Our best hope of moving the 27 year old on for a good fee seems to still be hoping Bayern have a little squad clearout and summon some funds for him.
