Bayern Munich chief reveals reason why Nicolas Jackson won't seal permanent transfer | OneFootball

Uli Hoeneß insists full-time deal for Chelsea loanee will “never” be triggered under current terms

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Jackson was left furious by that decision and still held out for a move to Bayern, eventually getting his wish after the Blues - who also sold Christopher Nkunku to AC Milan late in the window - eased their striker shortage by agreeing a deal with Sunderland for Marc Guiu to return home from his loan spell after just 26 days.

Bayern were said to have paid an initial £14.3million fee to take Jackson on loan for the season, with a reported obligation to make the switch permanent next summer for a further £56.2m - if he reaches a set number of appearances for the club before then.

In a new interview with Sport1 in Germany, cited by Fabrizio Romano, Bayern’s honorary president Hoeneß has divulged more financial specifics behind the agreement for Jackson, whom he believes will “never” reach the threshold of appearances necessary for a full-time transfer - which he revealed to be 40 starts.

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

In a wide-ranging interview on Bayern and Germany, Hoeneß, deputy chairman of Bayern’s supervisory board and a long-serving former player, general manager and president of the club, covered a number of topics including the summer transfer approach at Allianz Arena, the January window, Max Eberl’s future as sporting director and much more.

He spoke about missing out on Florian Wirtz to Liverpool and also claimed that Newcastle had paid over the odds for one of their Alexander Isak replacements in club-record signing Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart.

“We're very satisfied at FC Bayern,” Hoeneß said, per @iMiaSanMia. “We are the real winners of the summer transfer window. We have a strong team and didn't need to strengthen it much.

“Of course, we would have liked to have Florian Wirtz, but we'd never have bought him for €150m. We offered €55m for Nick Woltemade, while Stuttgart wanted €75m. In the end he went to Newcastle for €90m.”

On Woltemade, he added: “He isn't worth €90m. That only happened because of the money flowing from Saudi Arabia.”