During an appearance on SPORT1-Doppelpass (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), Uli Hoeneß remarked that the terms in the deal with Chelsea for Nicolas Jackson have been overstated.
Hoeneß, though, doubled down and said that rumors obligation to buy clause in the deal was nonsense and that the trigger is actually 40 starts — not 40 appearances:
Uli Hoeneß reveals that Nicolas Jackson and his agent took over €3m of the loan fee. So Bayern ‘only’ had to pay €13.5m.
Hoeneß also reveals that the option to buy becomes
mandatory if Jackson STARTS 40 games. Hoeneß says: ‘he (Jackson) will never do them’
Hoeneß went on to address it directly.
“It’s not a €16.5 million loan fee, because the player and his agent are contributing €3 million, so that leaves €13.5 million. And there will definitely not be a permanent contract. That only happens if he plays 40 games from the start. He will never do that,” Hoeneß said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
If true (and seemingly Hoeneß would know), it makes it seem like the loan for Jackson was nothing more than insurance for this season — and there is nothing wrong with that given the price involved.
Bayern Munich is on break and the German national team got off to a bad start in this round of World Cup qualifiers. Let’s dive into all of that!
This is what we have on tap for this episode of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Thomas Müller was back at Bayern Munich this week (already!?)
- Is Germany heading down a bad road after another painful loss?
- Can Julian Nagelsmann get it back on track?
- Who is accountable? Is there accountability at all?
- Should Joshua Kimmich do the right thing and move to right-back (again)?
- Unpacking the Erik ten Hag debacle at Bayer Leverkusen. Sport Bild had a wild story on the situation.
Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.
