{"id":1215749,"date":"2022-10-03T22:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/chelsea-closing-in-to-sign-rb-leipzig-forward-christopher-nkunku\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T22:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T22:29:02","slug":"chelsea-closing-in-to-sign-rb-leipzig-forward-christopher-nkunku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/03\/chelsea-closing-in-to-sign-rb-leipzig-forward-christopher-nkunku\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea closing in to sign RB Leipzig forward\u00a0Christopher Nkunku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/skysports-christopher-nkunku_5784898-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Christopher Nkunku is a transfer target for Chelsea\" title=\"Christopher Nkunku is a transfer target for Chelsea\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Nkunku is a transfer target for Chelsea<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal to sign RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku.<\/p>\n<p>The France international, who can also play in midfield, signed a two-year extension on his contract earlier this year taking him to 2026 \u2013 but significantly it contained a \u20ac60m (\u00a352.4m) release clause which kicks in next summer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sky Sports News<\/em>\u00a0has been told nothing has been signed and the player himself has yet to make a final decision on his future amid interest from a number of top European clubs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>It is thought Chelsea are prepared to offer more than the release clause in advance of the summer to ensure they get Nkunku ahead of the other interested clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Nkunku, who came through the youth system at Paris Saint-Germain before joining Leipzig in 2019, has scored six goals in eight Bundesliga appearances this season and has made eight appearances for his country.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"y2KuCKEDL0o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring the problem of growing inequality and challenges in cities and human settlements (3-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2KuCKEDL0o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Nkunku is a transfer target for Chelsea Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal to sign RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku. The France international, who can also play in midfield, signed a two-year extension on his contract earlier this year taking him to 2026 \u2013 but significantly it contained a \u20ac60m (\u00a352.4m) release clause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1215750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[58,17047,26833,8432,8433,801],"class_list":["post-1215749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chelsea","tag-closing","tag-forwardchristopher","tag-leipzig","tag-nkunku","tag-sign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1215749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1215749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1215749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1215749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}