Another move from Chelsea and this time they extended the contract of their player, Nicolas Jackson. Nicolas Jackson is a young 23-year-old player who recently extended his contract for 9 years :O and he's going to stay in Chelsea until 2033.
Back in 2023, he joined Chelsea and so far he played in 38 games for this team, during these games he scored 16 goals which is good but 9 years is a long time for any player.
Enzo Maresca said he linked to having this player for a longer time and it seems Enzo Maresca asked the team to extend the contract of Jackson.
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A 9 year contract is quite long, maybe if for example Jackson stayed at Chelsea he could immediately retire when his contract expired. Because if you look at his current age (23 years), in 9 years Jackson will be 32 years old. Apart from that, I personally am not surprised why Chelsea decided to extend Jackson's contract to 9 years. Because if you look at Jackson's current performance, it is quite good. The reason is that in the 3 matches that Jackson played with Chelsea, he was able to score 2 goals and also 1 assist for Chelsea. Therefore, it is natural that Chelsea dares to extend Jackson's contract for a long period. The reason is that Jackson does have quite promising long-term potential if Chelsea continues to retain him. The reason is that currently Chelsea doesn't have a young striker they can rely on.
Apart from that, it was not only Jackson who was given a long-term contract by Chelsea, there are several Chelsea players who were also given contracts until 2030-2033. These players are
Cole Palmer (2033)
Noni Madueke (2030)
Pedro Neto (2031)
Mudryk (2031)
Joao Felix (2031)
Enzo Fernandes (2032)
So this might be part of Chelsea's plan, maybe Chelsea wants to build their squad to be good slowly. This makes sense, because the majority of players given long contracts are young players. So I personally was not surprised when I found out that Chelsea had given Jackson a long contract. Because previously Chelsea had done this to several of their players.