 Chelsea attempted to equip Mauricio Pochettino with a new striker before the transfer deadline but ultimately failed in their attempt to provide competition for Nicolas Jackson. Chelsea news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The Blues spent heavily again this summer, breaking the British transfer record to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton and overall invested well over £400million on new playing talent. An ambitious recruitment drive has yielded mediocre results so far, however, with the Blues having collected just four points from their opening four fixtures, culminating in last weekend's shock 1-0 reversal against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge. Taiwo Awoniyi ran the Blues' defence, and Thiago Silva in particular, ragged that afternoon and provided the assist for Anthony Elanga's winning goal. According to The Athletic, Chelsea had contacted Forest 48 hours earlier in an attempt to broker a deal for the Nigeria international who has started the season in sensational form, following on from his exploits at the end of last term when his goals helped Steve Cooper's side avoid relegation. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Forest instantly rejected Chelsea's advances and Pochettino has been left to soldier on with just Jackson and Armando Broja, who has only just returned to full fitness following a long-term knee injury, as his only recognised strikers. Christopher Nkunku impressed in pre-season following his arrival from RB Leipzig, butt the France international is yet to make his competitive debut and is unlikely to do so until January following a knee injury. Jackson has impressed so far with his work rate and running power, but has scored just once in his opening four games and missed a sitter late on against Forest that would have rescue){kind=link}
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Chelsea attempted to equip Mauricio Pochettino with a new striker before the transfer deadline but ultimately failed in their attempt to provide competition for Nicolas Jackson.
Chelsea news, exclusives and analysis
The Blues spent heavily again this summer, breaking the British transfer record to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton and overall invested well over £400million on new playing talent.
An ambitious recruitment drive has yielded mediocre results so far, however, with the Blues having collected just four points from their opening four fixtures, culminating in last weekend’s shock 1-0 reversal against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge.