It is easy to feel a distinct frustration at how Chelsea FC managed to sneak a better deal in loaning Nicholas Jackson to Bayern Munich through the club’s delay. A few days before the end of the transfer window, Bayern had agreed a €15 million loan fee for Chelsea FC for Jackson with an option to buy. Then Chelsea striker Liam Delap got injured and Chelsea initially pulled the plug on the deal. It was revived on deadline day, but the Bavarians ended up paying a €16.5 million loan fee with a potential
obligation to buy. Somehow, the whole ordeal ended up benefitting the Blue co-owned club.
Still, according to Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), it may still not have hurt Bayern much. The Bavarians did not have to pay more money up front despite the loan fee because of Jackson:
After Chelsea raised the loan fee from €15m to €16.5m, Nicolas Jackson in return waived part of the payment due to him in order to facilitate the negotiations and so Bayern don’t end up having to pay more
Don’t feel too bad for Jackson or his agency, though. Said agency was all too happy to brag about the “ground-breaking”and “world record” deal immediately on its’ LinkedIn page. It seems like the notoriety of the move makes them happy enough.
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.
