Jackson in claret and blue

Nicolas Jackson is an Aston Villa player, after joining from Chelsea to become the club’s eighth signing of the summer transfer window. The forward arrives at Villa Park on the back of a stint at German champions Bayern Munich, having bagged 30 goals in 81 appearances across two seasons at the Blues. Senegal international Jackson is reunited with Unai Emery, with whom he shared a spell at Villarreal early in his career, and arrived at Bodymoor Heath to meet his new teammates, sign paperwork, pose for pictures and sit down with VillaTV for his first interview. Scroll through a gallery of images below…