Aston Villa are interested in signing Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson.

Villa are understood to have explored the conditions of a deal for the 24-year-old, who played under head coach Unai Emery at Villarreal.

Jackson told Chelsea earlier this month that he wants to consider his options during the transfer window. Chelsea signed strikers Joao Pedro and Liam Delap this summer.

Jackson was absent from Chelsea’s squad for friendlies against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan ahead of the Premier League season.

The striker served the final game of a suspension in Chelsea’s first fixture of the season against Crystal Palace.

Jackson scored 13 goals in 37 appearances across all competitions last season, having netted 17 in 44 during his first year at the club.

Chelsea close to selling Veiga to Villarreal

Latest from Sky Sports News’ Kaveh Solhekol:

Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal to sell Renato Veiga to Villarreal in a deal expected to be worth £26m (€30m).

The defender joined Chelsea last summer from Basel for £12m on a contract until June 2031.

He scored two goals in 18 appearances before spending the second half of last season on loan at Juventus, where he played 15 times.

Veiga was also called up to the Portugal squad after signing for Chelsea and has earned five caps.

Fulham looking at Sterling

Latest from Sky Sports News’ Kaveh Solhekol:

Fulham are considering making a move to sign Raheem Sterling from Chelsea, but a deal appears unlikely at the moment.

Sterling is expected to leave Chelsea this summer after spending last season on loan at Arsenal.

He has been training away from the first-team squad and did not travel to the United States for the Club World Cup.

Chelsea signed him from Manchester City three years ago in a £47.5m deal and he has two years left on his contract.

Sterling has not played for Chelsea since he scored against Bournemouth in the final game of the 2023/24 season.

In

Jamie Gittens – Dortmund, £51.5m

Joao Pedro – Brighton, £60m

Liam Delap – Ipswich, £30m

Jorrel Hato – Ajax, £38.5m

Estevao Willian – Palmeiras, £29m

Dario Essugo – Sporting, £18.5m

Mamadou Sarr – RC Strasbourg, £12m

Kendry Paez – Independiente del Valle, £17.3m

Out

Kendry Paez – Strasbourg, loan

Djordje Petrovic – Bournemouth, £25m

Bashir Humphrey – Burnley, undisclosed

Marcus Bettinelli – Man City, undisclosed

Kepa Arrizabalga – Arsenal, £5m

Mathis Amougou – Strasbourg, undisclosed

Zak Sturge – Millwall, undisclosed

Noni Madueke – Arsenal, £52m

Caleb Wiley – Watford, loan

Mike Penders – RC Strasbourg, loan

Joao Felix – Al Nassr, £43.7m

Ishe Samuels-Smith – Strasbourg

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – Everton, £29m

Lesley Ugochukwu – Burnley, undisclosed

Marc Guiu – Sunderland, loan

Armando Broja – Burnley, undisclosed

Sky Sports to show 215 live PL games this season

From this season, Sky Sports’ Premier League coverage will increase from 128 matches to at least 215 games exclusively live.

And 80 per cent of all televised Premier League games this season are on Sky Sports.