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Jacko set to go as Blues target Xavi

- by JOHN CROSS

NICOLAS JACKSON is being offered around for £60m-plus as Chelsea prepare to carry on spending.

The striker, 24, wants guarantees of regular first-team football and Newcastle, Aston Villa, Arsenal and Manchester United have all been sounded out this summer.

While the door has been closed on some possible escape routes, Chelsea are ready to do business on the Senegal international if he pushes to leave amid increased competition from Joao Pedro and Liam Delap.

Newcastle and Villa remain live possibilities with Jackson likely to go before the window shuts on September 1.