Nkunku joins Chelsea
Bundesliga loses top scorer again
6/20/2023 1:44 p.m
Last summer, the Bundesliga lost its top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, to FC Barcelona. Also this season one of the big stars takes the cannon with him to another league. RB star Christopher Nkunku is moving to Chelsea in England.
The long-negotiated move from Bundesliga top scorer Christopher Nkunku from Rasenballsport Leipzig to Chelsea has now been officially confirmed by both clubs. “Nkunku is a Blue!” tweeted the 2021 Champions League winner. According to this, the German cup winner and twelfth-placed Premier League player agreed on a transfer fee, since the 25-year-old Frenchman originally had a contract in Leipzig until June 30 June 2026 had. According to reports, it should be around 60 million euros. When his contract was extended last year, the lively ball magician had an opt-out clause guaranteed.
“Now it’s time for me to say ‘Au Revoir’ Leipzig. I am incredibly grateful to RB Leipzig and everyone at the club – my team, the coaching staff, the staff and staff and most importantly the fans. I had four years in Leipzig, which I will never forget,” Nkunku said in an RB statement, while being quoted by Chelsea as saying: “Having played in Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, I now want to play in the Premier League, one of the strongest leagues in the world.”
Lawn ball sport now has to find a successor for Nkunku, who was sent to Saxony by his youth club Paris Saint-Germain in 2019 for a fee of 13 million euros. “Now we will find good solutions to close the gap left by Christo,” said RB sports director Max Eberl. In lawn ball sports, Nkunku was formed into a national player and was voted footballer of the year in Germany in the pre-season. In the election, he prevailed against Robert Lewandowski, winner of the previous year.
Last season, Nkunku scored the top scorer with his two goals in the last Bundesliga game against FC Schalke 04 (4:2) together with Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug (both 16 Bundesliga goals). Overall, he ran 172 times for lawn ball sports and scored 70 goals. With 56 assists, he was involved in a total of 126 goals.