Bayern could offer unwanted stars to Chelsea as part of deal to sign creative attacker | OneFootball

The Christopher Nkunku story at Chelsea has been a strange one, and now it looks like it could be close to an end.

He was signed effectively a full year before he actually arrived, allowing the hype to build. He then looked great in his first preseason, before being struck down by injury in the final preseason friendly in 2023. Since then it’s been a disaster. He worked his way back to fitness by the end of last season but never really was trusted again by Mauricio Pochettino.

Things got worse under Enzo Maresca, and Nkunku has been buried behind Nicolas Jackson on the depth chart, only seeing the light of day in the cup competitions until Jackson’s recent injury. His recent run in the team hasn’t showed much improvement either, he looks a bad fit for this squad and fairly uninterested in being here, and the rumours about a sale continue.

Bayern still keen on creative Chelsea attacker

Christopher Nkunku shows some happy feet. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

German transfer insider Christian Falk is always plugged in at Bayern Munich, and he continues to insist they’re interested in Nkunku. There is one catch however – they will have to sell first.

In his excusive Daily Briefing, he claims that a number of players, from Leon Goretzka, Bryan Zaragoza and Raphael Guerreiro to Sacha Boey and Joao Palhinha could be sold off as part of a major clearout to fund a move for Nkunku.

We can also see plenty of those players being linked to Chelsea as part of a swap deal – that’s just natural in the circumstances. And we can see how someone like Palhinha or Guerreiro would be an interesting signing.

But as always with these things, it’s more likely to happen as two separate deals that are contingent rather than as an actual swap.