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Former Villa striker Dean Saunders believes Unai Emery should make a move to sign out-of-sorts Chelsea forward Christopher Nkunku.
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Hide AdSaunders, who scored 44 goals in 130 appearances for Villa between 1992 and 1995, reckons it’ll only be a matter of time before Nkunku grows frustrated and wants to depart Stamford Bridge for better minutes.
Although Villa already have Ollie Watkins, Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers on their books, Saunders thinks Nkunku would have a better chance of starting games under Emery than he would Enzo Maresca.
“Chelsea, I’ve lost count of how many players they’ve got but they can’t all get in the team,” Saunders told BonusCode.
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Hide Ad“They’re not only the best players in the country they’re from but they’re treated like the best ever from that country. They’ve also been the best players at the clubs they were at.
“They find it really difficult to sit on the bench for five or six games and not get a game. I’ve been a manager and this is where you start getting issues. At the moment, Nkunku knows no matter what I do, I’m not going to start in front of Jackson.
“With seven games in, I can’t see a future at the club. You probably can get a deal out of Chelsea right now,” Saunders suggested.
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Hide AdFormerly of Red Bull Leizpig and Paris Saint-Germain, Nkunku has scored 91 goals in 277 senior appearances. The clinical 26-year-old is heading into his prime but has only played 946 minutes for Chelsea so far, scoring 10 times.
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