Chelsea informed Bayern Munich that they will not make the loan decision for Nicolas Jackson and asked him to return to London after Liam Delap’s injury.
Delap suffered an injury to the hamstrings in Saturday’s victory against Fulham and head coach Enzo Maresca said full time that he expected the attacker to be sidelined up to eight weeks.
Athletics On Saturday, Bayern concluded an agreement with Chelsea to sign Jackson, with the agreement proposed for a loan of a season with a purchase option with a total value of 80 million euros (69 million pounds sterling; 93.5 million dollars).
Jackson, 24, had been authorized to travel to Germany today (Saturday) before undergoing a medical with the Champions of Bundesliga.
Delap, which signed for Chelsea from Ipswich Town for 30 million pounds sterling ($ 40 million) this summer, was withdrawn by 14 minutes after stopping at Stamford Bridge and immediately gesture to his hamstrings. He was replaced by Tyrique George.
Delap’s injury and Jackson’s proposed departure would have let the summer sign Joao Pedro as the only recognized senior striker in Chelsea.
“When you have two attackers, it is enough, when one of them is injured for weeks, it is not enough,” said Maresca full time on Saturday. “Today, we played for more than an hour with Tyrique and he was brilliant.
“The last time he played as No. 9 was against Manchester United last year. We tried to use different solutions. If you remember, there were games where we used Pedro (Neto) as n ° 9. But for sure, when you have two good no 9, it is enough.”
The future of Chelsea de Jackson had been the subject of uncertainty throughout the summer after losing behind the summer arrivals Delap and Joao Pedro in the hierarchical order of Stamford Bridge.
It was excluded from the Maresca team for pre-season friendly matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Milan while Chelsea and the attacker explored a possible transfer in the last weeks of the summer window.
Does Chelsea make the right decision?
Analysis of the writer Chelsea of athletics Simon Johnson
There is never a boring moment in Chelsea but it is the right call. They had to act quickly after Delap’s injury and they made a good decision.
The calendar becoming so much more difficult when the Champions League sets out from mid-September, Chelsea could not afford to be a recognized attacker at Joao Pedro.
Maresca revealed shortly after the victory over Fulham that he expects to be excluded until eight weeks, or an important period that could have affected their ability to challenge in the country and abroad.
The task of reintegrating Jackson into the camp may not be so easy. The striker was happy to leave England for a new challenge to Bayern Munich.
Chelsea clearly indicated his intentions by dropping him into hierarchical order when they signed Delap and Joao Pedro in June.
The International of Senegal wanted to leave, in particular with the ambitions to play the World Cup next year and was worried about a lack of playing time.
Jackson expected to leave in recent weeks. Crucially, Chelsea wanted him to train with the first team rather than making him train far from the main group with players who are excess to requirements like Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell. This means that it does not come at least from the cold and always has a good understanding with its teammates.
And finally, Chelsea remembers a player who knows the methods of Maresca and scored 24 goals in the Premier League in two seasons.
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