Yes, I also think that Nicholas Jackson is in a state of grace and that thanks to luck he manages to stay there and put in some good performances. In my opinion we can also consider the player as average, nothing exceptional but in any case if he was chosen by Chelsea it means that He has some good characteristics, I hope he continues to do well
I have no idea why Chelsea want to extend Jackson's contract when his performance isn't that good lol.
Chelsea will be in loss I guess, there's no team want Jackson except Chelsea release him cheaper than his market value. It's really rare to see old players in Chelsea, Jackson will turn 31 in the next 9 years, 31 years old striker in Premier League mostly can't compete with the young players anymore.
I'm not sure how to merge players decision and that if what the club intends doing but if I was ever in Jackson shoes, I wouldn't dare allow such a contract to be implemented. Signing such lengthy contract means you've automatically tight your life to the club and that's the least thing you want to do as a young player that's just coming up and that is even struggling as an attacker. What happens if Chelsea gets a better attacker than Jackson can't bench? He will have to sit on the bench hoping that the player gets injured so he can be given a player time? Almost all the young attacker in the Chelsea team have similar extension of contract that's at least up to 2030. From a technical point of view and when you're considering that some of these players like noni madueke and Cole Palmer are currently shining too well and might do better in the future, it's understandable to dictate the reason for this kind of contract extension for most of them but for Jackson, let's just hope he doesn't have a bad experience in the club before the expiration of his contract.