Chelsea halted Nicolas Jackson's proposed loan to Bayern Munich after Liam Delap suffered a hamstring injury that could keep him out for six to eight weeks. Delap exited 14 minutes into the 2-0 win over Fulham, leaving João Pedro as the only fit senior centre-forward following Christopher Nkunku's move to AC Milan. Bayern had agreed a £13m loan fee with an option to buy for £56.25m and Jackson had travelled to Germany before being recalled. Chelsea used academy forward Tyrique George in Delap's absence and are assessing short-term attacking options.
Chelsea have cancelled Nicolas Jackson's proposed loan move to Bayern Munich amid fears Liam Delap could be ruled out for up to eight weeks with a hamstring injury, sources have told ESPN. Delap limped off with a hamstring injury just 14 minutes into Saturday's 2-0 win over Fulham at Stamford Bridge, secured through João Pedro's header deep into first-half stoppage time and Enzo Fernandez's 56th-minute penalty.
Any such absence would have left Chelsea with Pedro as their only fit senior centre-forward given Christopher Nkunku has joined AC Milan and Jackson was finalising a loan move to Bayern Munich. However, sources have told ESPN the west London club have halted Jackson's proposed move despite Bayern agreeing to pay a loan fee of £13 million ($17.5m) with an option to make the move permanent for a fixed fee of £56.25m ($76m). Jackson had travelled to Germany but has been asked to return to London.
Asked if Chelsea had enough options in attack without Delap, Maresca said: "When you have two strikers, it's enough. When one of them is injured for different weeks, probably it's not enough. "Today we played more than one hour with Tyrique, and he did brilliant. The last game he played as a No. 9 was Man United at home last year. Again, we try to use a different solution."
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