FC Bayern Munich news and rumours: After Max Eberl’s comments, Nicolas Jackson’s agent responds

Nicolas Jackson’s agent, Diomansy Kamara, has weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding the forward with an Instagram post. His intervention came after sporting director Max Eberl told ZDF that FC Bayern would not activate the €65 million buy-option for the Chelsea loanee.

“Nicolas Jackson is having an excellent season,” Kamara wrote, citing 28 appearances, ten goals, an Africa Cup of Nations winners’ medal, a Bundesliga title and a cup final berth. Senegal have since been stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations crown. 

While Jackson proved useful as a rotation option, his on-field impact did not justify the roughly €25 million package for loan fee and salary.

Most of those goals came as a substitute in games that were already won or against weaker opposition, as seen on Saturday in the 4-3 win over 1. FSV Mainz 05. In both Champions League quarter-finals against Real Madrid and in the DFB-Pokal semi-final versus Bayer Leverkusen, the 24-year-old Senegalese spent the entire match on the bench.

As for Jackson’s future, Kamara remained noncommittal: “The future… who can predict it? Trust the process, anything is possible.”

Kingsley Coman, now with Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, has declared his support for Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final between his two former clubs, FC Bayern and Paris Saint-Germain.

“Both clubs are close to my heart, but Bayern is the more recent chapter,” he told FC Bayern’s official media. “I left only a few months ago, many friends are still there, and I know the people at the club very well. So, naturally, I’m backing Bayern this time. That’s why I wouldn’t call them favourites; it’s more about my personal connection.”

Coman rose through PSG’s youth system before moving to Juventus in 2014 at 18. He joined Bayern in 2015 and, in 2020, headed the decisive goal in the Champions League final against his former club. Last summer he left Munich after ten years for Al-Nassr in a €25 million transfer.

Lennart Karl and Tom Bischof are likely to miss Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Paris Saint-Germain, according to Bild. 

Both players are targeting a return for the second leg next Wednesday, having sustained muscle-fibre tears at the start of April.