Report: Jackson's move to Bayern revived after Chelsea U-turn

Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson is joining Bayern Munich after all.

Bayern sealed an agreement to sign the striker on an initial €16.5-million loan, according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano. The deal will include an option to buy that could become an obligation under certain conditions.

Jackson reportedly stayed in Germany over the weekend in a bid to revive a move that was seemingly called off at the last minute by Chelsea.

Jackson flew to Munich on Saturday to seal his season-long switch to the Bundesliga champions, only to be told the move had to be aborted due to Chelsea's injury problems.

Blues striker Liam Delap will be sidelined for up to eight weeks after suffering a hamstring problem in Saturday's win over Fulham, while England forward Cole Palmer is also out due to a groin injury.

With Christopher Nkunku having joined AC Milan this week, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca would be left with Joao Pedro as his only fit senior striker if Jackson were allowed to leave.

Speaking after a 3-2 win at Augsburg on Saturday, Bayern sporting director Max Eberl confirmed that the deal was off.

"Chelsea informed us that they would like the player back after we agreed yesterday," he said.

"The situation now is that the lad is here in Munich, but we are sending him back."

But Jackson, 24, was angry with Chelsea's late change of plans and opted against leaving Germany on Sunday while his representatives worked to resolve the stand-off.

Jackson's agent Diomansy Kamara had insisted on social media that his player was not returning to Chelsea.

"We're not going back. The plane doesn't go backwards: Munich," he said.

Chelsea eventually decided to recall Marc Guiu from his loan at Sunderland, clearing the way for Jackson's move.

Jackson, who has not played for Chelsea this season, had been told that he was not a part of Maresca's plans following the signings of Delap from Ipswich and Joao Pedro from Brighton.

Jackson has endured a turbulent time at Chelsea since joining from Villarreal two years ago, with criticism of his erratic finishing marring his spell in west London.