Striker joins on loan with an option to buy for €65m
Bundesliga club pay €16.5m fee to borrow 24-year-old
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.
