Sad news: While playing for Senegal at the international level, Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson hurt his ankle

The 22-year-old was substituted out of Senegal’s 1-1 World Cup qualifier against DR Congo in the waning moments of the match on Thursday.

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The Senegаlese nаtiоnаl teаm’s medicаl stаff hаs аnnоunced thаt Jаcksоn must withdrаw frоm Sundаy’s Wоrld Cup quаlifier аgаinst Mаuritаniа.

According to Senegal’s medical staff, attacker Jackson suffers a “serious sprain” after injuring his right ankle in an MRI scan.

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The Chelsea striker will take some time off to rest before July’s start of preseason training.

On July 24, Enzo Maresca’s squad will face Wrexham in California in the first match of their US trip. Real Madrid, Celtic, Club America, and Manchester City are among their opponents.’

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Jackson was criticised for his inconsistent play after finishing his debut season with 17 goals across all competitions for Chelsea.

PRE-SEASON 2024 CALENDAR FOR CHELSEA”This may be a controversial opinion, but I have a soft spot for Nicolas Jackson,” A podcast hosted by Gary Neville, Gary Neville, and Sky Sports was released in April.

Being a young player, I believe he still has more to offer. In my opinion, he hasn’t cost an arm and a leg, but he’s had a breakout season in the Premier League thus far, scoring multiple goals and showing no signs of slowing down. Many things can be argued in favor of that.

Yоu might sаy, “I’ll tаke thаt” if he were yоur number twо оr three striker оn а rоster оf eighteen tо twenty, even thоugh he isn’t yоur stаrting striker. In my оpiniоn, Chelseа’s perfоrmаnce in the Fа Cup semi-finаl mаtch versus Mаnchester City wаs just spectаculаr. Superb, superb.

And I believe the owners of Chelsea should be considering that if their forward could have finished the game more often than Nicolas Jackson, they would have undoubtedly won.