Chelsea have pulled Nicolas Jackson out of his proposed mortgage transfer to Bayern Munich and ordered the striker to return to London, regardless of the 24-year-old already travelling to Germany for a medical.
The choice comes after Liam Delap sustained a hamstring harm in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Fulham, with supervisor Enzo Maresca warning the ahead could possibly be sidelined for as much as eight weeks.
It leaves Chelsea immediately brief in assault, with João Pedro – who has scored 5 targets in 5 begins – because the membership’s solely match senior striker.
The dramatic turnaround adopted a frantic 24 hours by which Christopher Nkunku sealed a £36m transfer to AC Milan, Jackson flew to Germany to finalise his mortgage, and Delap limped off early at Stamford Bridge.
Sources report that Jackson is pissed off by the collapse of the £13m deal, although efforts may nonetheless be made to revive it.
When requested in regards to the state of affairs after the Fulham match, Maresca admitted he had “no concept” whether or not Jackson’s change would go forward, including:
“When you could have two strikers, it’s sufficient. When one among them is injured for various weeks, most likely it’s not sufficient.”
Chelsea are on account of face Bayern within the Champions League on 17 September, with Jackson now set to stay obtainable for choice.
