Chelsea will hand a trademark whopping-length new contract to young buck Nicolas Jackson just to really make sure there was no risk of him looking to run down the mere seven years he had left on his existing deal.
The Athletic s David Ornstein writes that terms have been agreed on a contract extension that would tie Jackson to the club until 2033, which is officially quite a long time in the future.
One would have thought that one of the benefits of securing players to ludicrously long contracts would be that the renewal cycle would come around much less often, yet there Chelsea are, signing Jackson up to a new deal just over a year after he arrived at Stamford Bridge.
They have done the same for Cole Palmer, who signed a two-year extension on his contract last month, meaning his deal will also last until we are all jetting around in our flying cars in the year 2033.
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The purpose, presumably, is to give those players pay rises that reflect their increased importance to the side since joining. Both Cole and Jackson played a key part in Chelsea s better moments last season, sharing 43 goals in all competitions, and look set to be important players in Enzo Maresca s side after starting the new season with two goals and four assists between them.
Jackson may also have leaned on Chelsea s failed pursuit of Napoli centre-forward Victor Osimhen, which has only increased the Senegal international s stock at the club.
that Chelsea were thwarted by Osimhen s massive wage demands in the face of a rival bid from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli.
