Nicolas Jackson’s on-off loan move to Bayern Munich has gone ahead after the Bundesliga champions finally resolved their tense standoff with Chelsea.
Jackson was left frustrated after the initial deal collapsed at the weekend but his representatives worked to resurrect negotiations and an agreement was reached on Monday afternoon for the striker to leave on loan with a conditional obligation to buy for €65m (£56.2m).
The standoff was caused by Chelsea deciding they needed extra cover in attack after Liam Delap sustained a hamstring injury against Fulham on Saturday. Jackson had already flown to Germany to complete a loan with an option to buy and refused to budge when he was told to return to London. The 24-year-old, who has fallen down the pecking order following the arrivals of Delap and João Pedro this summer, remained in Munich but his hopes of joining Bayern appeared to be over at the end of the weekend.
Jackson emerged as a possible target for Newcastle when they accepted Liverpool’s offer for Alexander Isak on Sunday night, only for that path to close when the north-east club agreed to sign Brentford’s Yoane Wissa on Monday morning.
Optimism then rose when it emerged that Bayern were making another push for the Senegal international. Chelsea were hopeful for a permanent sale but a compromise was reached. Bayern are paying a €16.5m loan fee in one chunk and the obligation to buy will be triggered by Jackson making a certain number of appearances this season for Vincent Kompany’s team.
It was a slow deadline day in terms of incomings at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea recalled Marc Guiu from his loan at Sunderland to provide cover up front and completed a loan deal for the Brighton attacker Facundo Buonanotte. They did not pursue interest in Barcelona’s Fermin López.
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Attempts to find buyers for Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell and Axel Disasi were harder. Chilwell agreed a permanent move to Strasbourg, Chelsea’s partner club, on a two-year deal. But West Ham were unable to agree a loan for Disasi, the French centre-back, and Sterling was left in limbo after interest in him failed to materialise. The former England winger has two years left on a deal worth over £325,000 a week.
