Nicolas Jackson: On-loan Chelsea star opens up on 'tough time' in Bayern Munich transfer chaos | OneFootball

Striker thought that his deal had collapsed upon arrival

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Jackson was furious, having already flown to Germany to finalise his deal, and refused to return.

Instead, Chelsea recalled Marc Guiu from his loan spell at Sunderland, ensuring that Jackson’s move to the Bundesliga could go through as initially planned.

Speaking at his unveiling at his new club, Jackson said: “It was tough; a tough time. Difficult moments in those last days.

“But I was very confident I will stay here because this is where I want to play and want to be.

“It was very tough but in the end we got it, so I'm very glad.”

He emphasised the importance of both Max Eberl, the Bayern director of football, and manager Vincent Kompany, in his decision to make the switch.

“There are always changes in football. Max [Eberl] and the coach really wanted me,” he said.

“As a player, you want to be where everyone wants you to be there. I’ve watched Bayern all my life. It was a dream to join this massive club. When they called me I was excited and ready to come and play for them.”

There has been some controversy in recent days after Bayern president Uli Hoeness seemed to contradict what many had understood the deal to be - a loan move with an obligation to buy.

Standard Sport understands that Bayern will pay Chelsea £14.3million for the initial loan before making the move permanent for £56.3m.

However, Hoeness told Sport1 that the obligation to buy was based off appearances.

"It's not a €16.5m loan fee, because the player and his agent are contributing €3m, so that leaves €13.5m," Hoeness said.

“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."

Asked his thoughts on Hoeness’ claim, Jackson replied: "Of course, I know that he [Hoeneß] is a legend for this club. I have a lot of respect for him. I've known about him forever.

"My job is simply to play and help the team win matches. The number of games is not my priority. I want to achieve great things with the club.”