Former Chelsea forward Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink believes Nicolas Jackson "is going to be worth a lot of money" if he continues to score goals and improve this season.

Reflecting at who the top strikers are in the Premier League, Hasselbaink told the BBC's Planet Premier League podcast: "You have [Erling] Haaland and there's [Alexander] Isak, who is having a difficult time at the moment but I really rate him, [Ollie] Watkins and then I would say you have Jackson. Those four are really the top strikers.

"Jackson is young, he's 23, and he has not played Champions League football yet. Last year, he struggled at times with his chances, but he's getting better. There's still so much that he can improve at, especially with his back to the goal, with his duels and where he can just make it a little bit more simpler for himself.

"When crosses come in the box, his movement in the box can be better by coming across centre-halves instead of just waiting at the second post.

"But if he keeps on improving then he is going to be worth a lot of money and this year he's scoring important goals. That is what he didn't do as much last year. So he is improving. There's a lot of growth in his game still."

Hasselbaink is also encouraged by a much-improved Chelsea this season under manager Enzo Maresca.

"I like everything, really," he added. "I see an identity, I see patterns and I see an idea behind what they're doing.

"They're trying to suck the opposition in to get space behind the opposition. I can see runners and I see somebody that is tough on the players. There is an expectation and there is a demand but you're not hearing bad things coming out about Chelsea at the moment."

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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Nicolas Jackson has made a big difference.

The frustration last season was that he misses so many chances, some of the chances made people uncomfortable that he would be any good.

He is 23 years old and up until the year he went to Chelsea that was his best season - he's definitely having a huge impact.

Shay Given
Former Man City goalkeeper on Football Focus

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The summer was the time to do it. Everything wasn't flying high in the summer and that was when they should have sacked Ten Hag, if they were going to do it.

It is big news, Amorim coming in from Sporting Lisbon. He is coming into a massive job and there are lots of problems there.

United played with a freedom in midweek against Leicester and scored five goals. Van Nistelrooy had a feel-good factor around it.

But Chelsea are a different ball game. The new manager has come in and done really well.

Anita Asante
Former England defender on Football Focus

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Winning those trophies wasn't enough. They are a team that has historically challenged for titles and they haven't done that for years.

They are 12 points off the top and the Premier League is a super competitive league. You can't afford to trail that far behind.

A lot of fans were probably thinking why haven't they done it sooner?

Jose Fonte
Portugal defender on Football Daily’s Premier League kick-off

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I believe it was only a question of time before he was going to move to a bigger club. What I like about him is that he has his philosophy, he has his own ideas. I had a conversation with one of his former players Luis Neto the other day, and he said that he's one of them managers who has attention to detail, and sometimes it can be even a little bit too much, but that's what makes the difference in my opinion.

I think he has the ability to be a great success at Manchester United. I know him personally, I have played against Sporting Lisbon a couple of times now, and I know how hard it is to play against his team.

The way Sporting play is incredible. They have threats in behind, threats in between the lines, they build-up, press and know what to do in every situation of the game.

My brother was managed by him. I spoke many times with my brother about Ruben even before he was linked with Man United and what he said to me was that he was obsessed with football, with training and with coaching and this is something that's very important if you want to be one of the best.

In every job he's had, he's had so much success and that tells you something. He has something special and I believe that he will succeed because he's a very hard worker.

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Ex-Braga player Rui Fonte, who was managed by Ruben Amorim during his tenure at Braga spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live: "Ruben Amorim has a lot of character and charisma, a strong personality, but on the other side he is a manager who you can have a good relationship with.

"He keeps his honest opinions about the games. You can expect the truth and his honest opinion when he talks to the press.

"He likes to play 3-4-3 and plays a lot with the characterises of the players, he doesn’t change the system when he’s losing or winning. He plays with the characteristics and imagine if he’s losing, he won’t change the system."

Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Football Daily’s Premier League kick-off

For Manchester United to get back to what they were, they need a special manager. To win the Premier League title, you've got to have something about you.

If you're manager of Man United and you're spending as much money as anybody, most players in European football who are available for transfer would say 'yes' to Manchester United. I think any competent coach should get Manchester United in the top four.

I don't think you need to be special to do that, but you do need to be special to take the big prizes - the Premier League and the Champions League. That's what Manchester United should be competing for every season.

For Ruben Amorim to do what he has done at Sporting and topple Benfica and FC Porto was outstanding, but to go one step further - when you come up against the best coaches in the world like Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, no matter how good you are, that's very difficult to stop.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Old Trafford

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Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has just arrived in the directors' box at Old Trafford and has been posing for pictures with fans. He might enjoy the opportunity to watch some football at the end of a busy week.

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Chelsea

Having acquitted themselves well during last month’s narrow 2-1 defeat against leaders Liverpool at Anfield, Chelsea have shown signs of being equipped to break back into the top four after a two-year absence and boss Enzo Maresca is confident his players can land Chelsea’s first win at Old Trafford since 2013.

Asked whether he felt learning to win at Europe’s biggest stadiums was a key part of his team’s development, he said: “For sure, but I think also we played a few weeks ago at Anfield and the performance was there.

“I don’t think the players feel that kind of intimidation. Hopefully it can be the same.

“For sure, Old Trafford is one of the stadiums in the world that are nice in terms of intimidation, like Anfield is the same, or you go in Italy and the San Siro years ago, or in Spain you have Barcelona and Real Madrid.

“I played twice there when I was very young. I played against (Paul) Scholes, Roy Keane and I think (Juan Sebastian) Veron was there. I was with Juventus who were also a good team.”

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford

Rasmus Hojlund returns in attack as one of three changes to the Manchester United starting line-up from their 5-2 win over Leicester in the Carabao Cup for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s first Premier League game in charge.

Hojlund replaces Joshua Zirkzee, who drops to the bench, as do Victor Lindelof and goalkeeper Altay Bayindir.

Noussair Mazraoui comes in at right-back while Andre Onana is back in goal.

Manchester United XI: Onana, Mazraoui, Dalot, De Ligt, Martinez, Casemiro, Ugarte, Rashford, Fernandes, Garnacho, Hojlund.

Substitutes: Bayindir, Amass, Evans, Lindelof, Fletcher, Fitzgerald, Amad, Zirkzee, Wheatley.

As expected Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca changes his entire starting line-up from the midweek EFL Cup defeat at Newcastle and returns to the team that beat the Magpies in the Premier League last weekend.

Jadon Sancho is not eligible to play against his parent club.

Chelsea have not won at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge, in 2013, when Juan Mata – who went on to join United – scored the winners.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Fofana, Colwill, Gusto, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer, Neto, Madueke, Jackson.

Substitutes: Jorgensen, Cucurella, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Fernandez, Mudryk, Joao Felix, Nkunku, Veiga.

Manchester United

Ruud van Nistelrooy took charge of Wednesday’s 5-2 Carabao Cup win against Leicester and will oversee three more games before Ruben Amorim joins as head coach from Sporting Lisbon on November 11.

Home matches against PAOK and Leicester follow today's high-profile encounter with Chelsea, who have not won on their last 11 league visits to Old Trafford.

“It’s going to be a big match, a tough one,” caretaker boss Van Nistelrooy said. “Chelsea are playing really well at the moment.

“Lots of attacking power, players who can decide the game, scoring lots of goals, playing very well on the ball. So, we’re going to have to be at our very best to get a result, to get a good game. It’s obviously what we want.

“We want to try and win it. But we also respect the opponent, know their qualities, and (what) we have to do.

“Yeah, we have to really be together and strong to stop them. And from there, see what we can do to win the game.”

Just one change for Manchester United from their last Premier League match as Manuel Ugarte starts with Christian Eriksen still ruled out because of injury.

Chelsea are unchanged from their last league game.

Full team news to come.

Hello and welcome to BBC Sport's coverage of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea.

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Kick-off is at 16:30 GMT.

What a week it has been at Manchester United. A 2-1 defeat at West Ham last Sunday saw United boss Erik ten Hag get sacked the next day...

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...former United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy took charge of the team for a 5-2 win over Leicester City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday...

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...Sporting boss Ruben Amorim was announced as United's next head coach on Thursday, although he won't start at the club until 11 November...

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...and now today United, with Van Nistelrooy still in temporary charge, face a massive game as they entertain a Chelsea side that are looking to move into the top four.

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