Nicolas Jackson: Chelsea cancel Bayern Munich loan after Liam Delap injury

Many Chelsea supporters had been already asking the identical query in the course of the match, about whether or not it was too late to cancel Jackson’s mortgage transfer to Germany.

Tyrique George, a 19-year-old winger from the academy, changed Delap at Stamford Bridge and gave a creditable show whereas out of place, however he too might depart Chelsea earlier than deadline day.

On George, Maresca mentioned: “As we speak we performed a couple of hour with Tyrique [George]and he did good.”

It was ironic that Chelsea’s solely match striker, Joao Pedro, was himself filling in for star attacker Cole Palmer in his favoured quantity 10 place.

When George was picked, Maresca seemed in need of choices with winger Jamie Gittens – signed from Dortmund for £48.5m over the summer time – the one different attacker on his bench.

It’s a exceptional scenario given Chelsea have greater than £300m value of attackers of their squad.

Nonetheless, Chelsea had determined towards carrying three senior strikers due to Jackson’s want to not be an emergency back-up, and with Nkunku having been sad on the membership for greater than six months.

Pedro Neto confirmed final season that he’s able to filling in on an emergency foundation, with Palmer and George each having performed as up-front previously. Academy striker Shim Mheuka, 17, can also be high scorer within the under-21s league with 4 targets in three matches.

In the meantime, winger Alejandro Garnacho was sat within the administrators’ field on Saturday earlier than finishing a £40m transfer from Manchester United. Chelsea are additionally closing in on a transfer for Brighton’s Facundo Buonanotte, who’s able to enjoying as a ten or on the appropriate wing.

Chelsea would have eight attacking gamers for 4 roles on the pitch after the 2 Argentine attackers arrive, with a well-stocked academy in behind them.

Nonetheless, they have to be suitably apprehensive about Delap to have taken a shock determination to tug the plug on Jackson’s transfer, no less than for now, and convey him again to Stamford Bridge.