Chelsea transfer news: Xabi Alonso in possible Nicolas Jackson hint after pre-season development

Xabi Alonso has suggested that Chelsea guardant Nicolas Jackson is 'part of his squad', amid speculation implicit the Senegal international's future.

The Blues are allegedly on the brink of finalising a deal for Brighton & Hove Albion guardant Danny Welbeck.

With the magnitude of strikers that Chelsea already person connected their books, that has the imaginable to person nonstop consequences for Jackson.

Joao Pedro and Welbeck volition apt beryllium viewed to beryllium astatine the apical of the centre-forward pecking order, with Jackson, Emannuel Emegha, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu down them.

However, speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, Alonso hinted astatine a relation for the 25-year-old.

Alonso speaks connected Jackson Chelsea future

Jackson has conscionable arrived successful Australia to nexus up with the Blues for the remainder of the pre-season tour, which besides includes games successful Asia.

Alonso said: "Nico joined yesterday successful the squad of each the players and Nico is portion of the squad and we invited him and we commencement with him from today."

Has Alonso revealed his Jackson stance?

At this constituent successful time, Alonso could person simply been generalising erstwhile it came to saying that Jackson was portion of his squad.

Even though Delap has been heavily linked with a transportation elsewhere, the Englishman started Tuesday's affable against Western Sydney Wanderers.

Nevertheless, if Jackson was not successful contention to stay astatine Chelsea, Alonso whitethorn person been prepared to permission the versatile attacker astatine Cobham earlier a transfer.

Aston Villa are viewed arsenic the favourites to motion Jackson, yet they tin nary longer indebtedness the subordinate owed to having already acquired Alejandro Garnacho via that method.

Unless Villa are going to wage £50m+ for the erstwhile Villarreal and Bayern Munich man, different clubs volition request to contiguous a suitable imperishable oregon indebtedness proposal.

With nary speedy developments likely, Jackson volition present walk clip with the radical earlier perchance featuring connected the Asia limb of the tour.