The west Londoners already boast a young, powerful and unpolished No.9 in Nicolas Jackson, with the Senegal international having to battle hard with Delap to retain his starting s

Already serving a domestic suspension from a red card at Newcastle earlier in May, Jackson found himself in fresh trouble at the Club World Cup. Just four minutes after coming off the bench against Flamengo, he was shown a straight red for a reckless challenge on Ayrton Lucas, a moment that shifted the momentum of the match.

Nicolas Jackson may have brought the death knell down on his own career at Chelsea after getting himself sent off in Friday’s defeat to Flamengo at the Club World Cup. A nightmare six-minute