It is now official — Bayern Munich has announced the acquisition of Nicolas Jackson on a loan deal from Chelsea:
FC Bayern have signed Nicolas Jackson on loan from FIFA Club World Cup winners Chelsea. The 24-year-old Senegal international will spend the 2025/26 season in Munich and wear the No.11 shirt.
Jackson started out in the youth teams of Casa Sports in Senegal before joining Villarreal in Spain in 2019. Following a loan at Mirandés, he returned for the 2021/22 season and made his La Liga debut
in October 2021. After 13 goals in 48 competitive appearances for the first team, he signed for Chelsea in summer 2023, going on to score 30 goals in 81 games. As well as winning the Club World Cup this summer, Jackson also lifted the UEFA Conference League last season. He has 19 senior caps for Senegal.
Board member for sport Max Eberl was happy — and probably relieved — to get the deal done.
“Nicolas was immediately keen to play for Bayern, so we’re especially pleased that things have finally worked out. Even at a young age, he already has lots of experience at a top international level and has shown his qualities. Nicolas is an ideal fit for the profile we’re looking for with his dynamism and presence. He’s hungry and will expand our options in attack with his abilities, being an immediate boost for our team,” said Eberl.
Sporting director Christoph Freund thinks Jackson will be an asset to the Bavarians.
“Nicolas will add another dimension to our attacking play. He covers a wide range of areas. He brings a lot of speed, is dangerous in front of goal and looks for ways to get in behind the defence for the good of the team. He is also an open, positive guy and will have no trouble settling into our team,” said Freund.
Bayern Munich’s transfer window has been wild and the team has some, well, gaps. How can things all come together?
Let’s explore what has been happening, where things might be going, and why not everything has looked great so far on this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works Show:
- Fans are frustrated, but it is not time to panic. There are reasons for the issues we are seeing.
- How does Bayern Munich end up in these transfer situations? Nicolas Jackson-to-Bayern Munich became a complete mess.
- Bayern tried to get Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman.
- There seems to be heat in the Bayern offices and it seems to be wearing on Max Eberl.
- Have we already seen the best of Aleksandar Pavlović?
- Erik ten Hag on the hot seat?
