Overview

• Chelsea informed Bayern that the season-long loan with an option to buy will not proceed after Delap’s hamstring setback and asked Jackson to return from Munich.
• The proposed agreement included a £13m (€15m) loan fee and a £56.2m (€65m) purchase clause, a package widely reported as a record for a loan structure.
• Jackson had agreed personal terms and travelled for a medical, but the clubs had not signed a contract before Chelsea reversed course.
• Head coach Enzo Maresca said operating with one striker “probably is not enough,” with Delap expected to be sidelined for weeks.
• Jackson is expected to rejoin Chelsea’s first-team squad as Bayern pause their interest, while Christopher Nkunku’s move to AC Milan was completed.