John Obi Mikel says £32m signing will stop Chelsea from winning the Premier League

John Obi Mikel believes Chelsea will not win the Premier League with Nicolas Jackson as their only striker and has urged the club to reignite their interest in Victor Osimhen.
Chelsea have suffere a slip in คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย the Premier League title race over the festive period as they are without a win in their last four matches and are now 10 points behind leaders Liverpool, who also have a game in hand.
Jackson has scored nine Premier League goals this season but has also struggle for form in recent weeks having found the net just once in his last six appearances.
Chelsea came close to signing Osimhen last summer before the Nigeria international left Napoli to join Galatasaray on loan for the season.
And Obi Mikel believes Chelsea must bring in a new striker to stand any chance of closing the gap on Liverpool.
‘We are creating chances, we are still playing well, we are still doing the right things but we’re not clinical enough, we’re not scoring goals,’ Obi Mikel said on.
‘We’ve talked about getting another top, top striker who can win us these kind of games, difficult games where if Nicolas Jackson is not firing on all cylinders you can give him a rest and then get someone else to come into the team and try to win us games and score goals.
‘We are not clinical enough, he is not scoring enough goals. He puts himself in the right positions but then he’s not finishing, he’s not scoring enough.
He’s not a striker who’s going to get us to the top four or win us the Premier League title. He’s not that striker. I don’t think he can get us over the line in terms of winning trophies. For me, he’s a player who can link up play, he’s good on the ball but he’s not scoring enough goals.
‘If we had Victor Osimhen or the guy from Sporting, Viktor Gyokeres, trust me, we’d still be competing for the Premier League.
‘Nicolas is not scoring enough, the finishing, he needs to find a way. For me it’s a bit of a worry because we’re not scoring enough.
‘Without Cole Palmer I don’t know where we would’ve been this season, definitely not where we are right now, he’s carrying the team on his shoulders, he’s creating chances, scoring goals, what more can he do?
‘One goal in six [from Jackson] is not good enough. You talk about top, top strikers, look at [Alexander] Isak at Newcastle, he’s flying, that’s what we need.’
Obi Mikel also insists that Jackson should not view Chelsea’s desire to sign an additional striker in a negative light, pointing out that Didier Drogba faced strong competition for a place during his time at Stamford Bridge.
‘The club should’ve done that before the start of the season but they didn’t do that, I don’t think they’re going to do that in January but in the summer I definitely think the club should get another centre forward,’ Obi Mikel said.